********** From: "Adam Thierer" <athiererat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: Cato book forum on crypto & digital security Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:34:17 -0400 Declan: Thought your readers would be interested in this April 19th Cato book forum on the future of crypto and digital security featuring Bruce Schneier and Steven Levy. The event is free and lunch will be served. RSVP info is at the bottom. Thanks! __________________ The Cato Institute Department of Telecommunications and Technology Studies invites you to a Book Forum: ARE THE CRYPTO WARS OVER? PRIVACY, DIGITAL SECURITY, AND THE FUTURE OF ENCRYPTION POLICY featuring Steven Levy Author, "Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government -- Saving Privacy in the Digital Age" Bruce Schneier Author, "Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World" For several decades, individuals and organizations concerned with protecting their personal privacy and corporate secrets have been engaged in a heated battle with government officials to gain the right to freely employ encryption techniques and technologies to safeguard their information. While they have won important victories and forced the government to liberalize controls, it remains an open question whether strong cryptography is enough to protect privacy from the many threats posed by an increasingly digital world. Are federal standards and regulations needed in addition to strong crypto to safeguard personal and corporate information? And have we really seen the end to government efforts to restrict private cryptography? Do domestic and international threats to crypto freedom still exist? In their new books, Steven Levy and Bruce Schneier attempt to provide answers to these elusive questions. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2001 12:00 p.m. (Luncheon to follow) Cato policy forums and receptions are free of charge. To register, call Megan Brumleve by 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, at (202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or e-mail to mbrumleveat_private ******** Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:02:42 -0700 To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> From: David Theroux <dtherouxat_private> Subject: Hello Cc: ccloseat_private Dear Declan, You have featured notices of upcoming events in the past to your list, and we would be most grateful if you could please do so for our upcoming seminar with David Friedman (professor of law and economics, Santa Clara University; son of Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman), "Will Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete?" For your convenience, I am adding below a notice on the program. Please advise me with any questions. Best regards, David David J. Theroux Founder and President The Independent Institute 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621-1428 510-632-1366 Phone 510-568-6040 Fax DTherouxat_private http://www.independent.org ********************** WILL ENCRYPTION PROTECT PRIVACY AND MAKE GOVERNMENT OBSOLETE? -- Next Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01) http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/010424ipf.html Many people have wondered how technological progress will affect political and civil freedoms. With the rise of encryption software and the FBI's Carnivore e-mail snooping program, this subject is no longer the exclusive domain of speculative thinkers or futurists, it is the subject of intense public-policy debate. Will privacy-enhancing technology improve faster than privacy-threatening technology? Should the government mandate privacy standards? Should it enforce contracts in cyberspace, or would private law do a better job? Economist and legal scholar DAVID FRIEDMAN will discuss these and related questions about technological change and the case for and against government involvement. SPEAKER: DAVID D. FRIEDMAN, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University; Author, LAW'S ORDER: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters; HIDDEN ORDER: The Economics of Everyday Life; THE MACHINERY OF FREEDOM: Guide to a Radical Capitalism WHEN: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 Reception and book signing: 6:30 p.m. Program: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. WHERE: The Independent Institute Conference Center 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621-1428 For a map and directions, see http://www.independent.org/tii/tii_info/about.html#map TICKETS: $30.00 per person: includes one copy of David Friedman's book, LAW'S ORDER, OR, admission without a book is $10 per person ($7 for Independent Institute Associate Members) Praise for LAW'S ORDER: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters (Princeton University Press, 2000): "Simply put, [LAW'S ORDER] is fabulously written, and readers will very much appreciate the lucid style, the humor, and the hold-nothing-sacred (except, perhaps, the market!) approach." -- STEVEN G. MEDEMA, coauthor, Economics and the Law: From Posner to Postmodernism "The author is a talented and provocative writer, with a great imagination and the ability to make readers swallow the often counterintuitive conclusions of economics as common sense. The book is an entertaining tour through the mind of someone who has fully absorbed the 'economic way of thinking' as he attempts to explain and grapple with questions of social organization." -- PETER BOETTKE, George Mason University "[LAW'S ORDER] is wide-ranging in scope, at once simple and highly sophisticated consistently provocative, an excellent read, and a notable contribution to an exciting field of interdisciplinary studies." -- RICHARD A. POSNER, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit "Whether one speaks of the complexities of marginal deterrence, the resolution of disputes between farmers and railroads, or the social functions of copyright and patent law, Friedman's book provides the outsider to the field with a comprehensive but accessible account of his legal subject matter." -- RICHARD A. EPSTEIN, University of Chicago School of Law See David Friedman's related essays: "A World of Strong Privacy: Promises and Perils of Encryption" http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Strong_Privacy/Strong_Privacy.html "Contracts in Cyberspace" http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/contracts_in_%20cyberspace/contracts_in_cyberspace.htm "Anarchy and Efficient Law" http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law.html. For more about this event, see http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/010424ipf.html -- David J. Theroux Founder and President The Independent Institute 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621-1428 510-632-1366 Phone 510-568-6040 Fax DTherouxat_private http://www.independent.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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