If you haven't heard about John Markoff's article yet, it' cause you've been spending all your time reading Cypherpunks instead of the front page of the Friday NY Times... read it now. There's an awful lot to be said about this article, mostly we know what it is, and mostly we agree about it. This a major social issue that must be corrected, so here's my proposal: ==> DON'T POST ANYTHING ABOUT THE MARFKOFF ARTICLE. <== We shouldn't waste time writing each other letters that we'll learn nothing by reading. We should spend that same time writing to newspapers, congress people, phone companies, Clinton, Gore, and anybody else who thinks they can get away with this because they feel the citizenry either doesn't care about or doesn't understand the issues. What I want to see in re this issue on this list is something I don't already know, like the name and address of AT&T's president's secretary -- s/he'll complain to the prez if enough privacy mail arrives. Be imaginative, be active, rattle cages, but telling me how pissed you are won't change a thing, except to decrease the time we're both spending on doing something effective. Be effective. Please. -a2.