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The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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1667 K St. NW, Suite 801
Washington DC 20006-1605 USA
+1 202 861 7700 (voice)
+1 202 861 1258 (fax)
+1 202 861 1223 (BBS - 16.8k ZyXEL)
+1 202 861 1224 (BBS - 14.4k V.32bis)
Internet: ask@eff.org
Internet fax gate: remote-printer.EFF@8.5.2.1.1.6.8.2.0.2.1.tpc.int
MISSION STATEMENT
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A new world is arising in the vast web of digital, electronic media
which connect us. Computer-based communication media like electronic
mail and computer conferencing are becoming the basis of new forms of
community. These communities without a single, fixed geographical
location comprise the first settlements on an electronic frontier.
While well-established legal principles and cultural norms give
structure and coherence to uses of conventional media like newspapers,
books, and telephones, the new digital media do not so easily fit into
existing frameworks. Conflicts come about as the law struggles to
define its application in a context where fundamental notions of speech,
property, and place take profoundly new forms. People sense both the
promise and the threat inherent in new computer and communications
technologies, even as they struggle to master or simply cope with them
in the workplace and the home.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been established to help civilize
the electronic frontier; to make it truly useful and beneficial not just
to a technical elite, but to everyone; and to do this in a way which is
in keeping with our society's highest traditions of the free and open
flow of information and communication.
To that end, the Electronic Frontier Foundation will:
1. Engage in and support educational activities which increase
popular understanding of the opportunities and challenges posed by
developments in computing and telecommunications.
2. Develop among policy-makers a better understanding of the issues
underlying free and open telecommunications, and support the creation of
legal and structural approaches which will ease the assimilation of
these new technologies by society.
3. Raise public awareness about civil liberties issues arising from
the rapid advancement in the area of new computer-based communications
media. Support litigation in the public interest to preserve, protect,
and extend First Amendment rights within the realm of computing and
telecommunications technology.
4. Encourage and support the development of new tools which will
endow non-technical users with full and easy access to computer-based
telecommunications.
Why You Should Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation
======================================================
Every day decisions are being made that will affect your life online.
Decisions about what sorts of technology you can use to protect the
privacy of your communications. Decisions about what services you will
be able to get over the emerging national information infrastructure.
Decisions that are made before you even know that there are choices.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been working since July 1990 to
ensure that the civil liberties guaranteed in the Constitution and the
Bill of Rights are applied to new communications technologies. Our
members join EFF to make sure that they are informed about the issues
and debates that will shape the future of electronic communications.
EFF members enjoy the following benefits:
* subscription to our quarterly hard copy newsletter,
_Networks_&_Policy_;
* subscription to our biweekly electronic newsletter,
_EFFector_Online_;
* online bulletins that will keep you informed about the key legal,
legislative and policy developments affecting your online
communications;
* an online response mechanism to make themselves heard on key issues.
EFF is a respected voice for the rights of users of online
technologies. We feel that the best way to protect your online rights
is to be fully informed and to make your opinions heard. EFF members
are informed, and are making a difference. Join EFF today!
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MEMBERSHIP IN THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
================================================
Print out in monospaced (non-proportional) font and mail or fax to:
Membership Coordinator - membership@eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1667 K St. NW, Suite 801, Washington DC 20006-1605 USA
+1 202 861 7700 (voice), +1 202 861 1258 (fax)
+1 202 861 1223 (BBS - 16.8k ZyXEL)
+1 202 861 1224 (BBS - 14.4k V.32bis)
Internet fax gate: remote-printer.EFF@8.5.2.1.1.6.8.2.0.2.1.tpc.int
SIGN ME UP!
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I wish to become a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I
enclose:
___ Fellow membership.......$500
___ Benefactor membership...$250
___ Pioneer membership......$100
___ Advocate membership.....$65
___ Regular membership......$40
___ Student membership......$20
___ SysOp membership........$10*
for my one-year membership.
* SysOp members are required to bring in 10 new members to renew
at the SysOp membership rate (otherwise Advocate rates apply).
Send queries to membership@eff.org for more info. NOTE: CIS,
AOL, etc. forum sysops and co-sysops ARE eligible for SysOp
membership.
Special Contribution
I wish to make an additional tax-deductible donation in the
amount of $__________ to further support the activities of EFF.
EFF T-shirt
The classic EFF shirt, printed front (EFF logo) and back
(large artwork) in two colors on white cotton shirts.
Available for $10 to new and non-members; members who renew
at a higher rate (e.g. upgrade from regular to Advocate
membership) receive a free shirt!
I would like ___ shirts at $10 each.
___ I'm renewing at a higher rate and would like a free
shirt. My membership number is ___________________
PAYMENT METHOD:
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___ Enclosed is a check or money order payable to
the Electronic Frontier Foundation. US funds only please.
___ Please charge my:
___ MasterCard ___ Visa ___ American Express
Card Number: _____________________________________________
Expiration Date: _________________________________________
Signature: _______________________________________________
NOTE: We do not recommend sending credit card information
via Internet email, unless it is encrypted! See end for
EFF's PGP encryption public key.
YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION:
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Name: __________________________________________________________
Organization: __________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
E-mail addresses: ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Phone: _____________________ FAX: ___________________________
**** SYSOP MEMBERSHIP SECTION ***********************************
* *
* Ph.: ____________________ Modem Type: ___________________ *
* *
* ____________________ _______________________________ *
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* ____________________ _______________________________ *
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* Other access means: _________________________________________ *
* (e.g. for Internet *
* service, AOL/CIS _________________________________________ *
* forum, etc.) *
* *
* BBS Info: BBS/Service/Forum Name: __________________________ *
* *
* SysOps:___________________________________________ *
* *
* Voice/Support Phone: _____________________________ *
* *
* Network Addresses: _______________________________ *
* *
* _______________________________ *
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* BBS Notes: (OS, modem types/speeds, Internet connectivity, *
* access requirements, hours, fees, software, focus *
* or special interests, unique features, etc.) *
* *
* ___________________________________________________ *
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* ___________________________________________________ *
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* ___________________________________________________ *
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* EFF will maintain a publicly available list of BBSs and *
* similar services that support the efforts of the Electronic *
* Frontier Foundation. Members with BBSs who support EFF at *
* the Regular or Student or other rates can be listed as well. *
* *
* Include my BBS in the EFF Member BBS Directory _______ *
* *
*****************************************************************
PUBLICATIONS & SERVICES
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Please send me:
___ EFFector Online - EFF's biweekly electronic newsletter
(back issues available from ftp.eff.org,
/pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector).
___ Online Bulletins - bulletins on key developments
affecting online communications, plus
newsletter.
NOTE: You may prefer to browse these resources in the
Usenet (NetNews) newsgroup comp.org.eff.news
Send a message body of "longindex" (without
"quotes") to listserv@eff.org for info on our
other internet forums. Send a message body of
"help" to listserv@eff.org for instructions on
subscribing to these other resources.
NOTE: Paper documents available upon request.
_Networks_&_Policy_ hardcopy EFF newsletter
(quarterly) automatically sent via postal mail.
PRIVACY POLICY
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EFF occasionally shares our mailing list with other
organizations promoting similar goals. However, we respect
an individual's right to privacy and will not distribute your
name without explicit permission.
___ I grant permission for EFF to distribute my name and
contact information to organizations sharing similar goals.
[This form came from *.eff.org - please leave this line on the form!
If you found it elsewhere, please tell us where so we see how far
it goes. Sysop members should place their BBS name here instead
when posting this form to their systems.]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit, 501(c)(3)
organization supported by contributions from individual members,
corporations and private foundations. Donations are tax-deductible.
Merchandise orders are not tax-deductible. EFF's tax exemption
number is 04-3091431.
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INTERNET CONTACT ADDRESSES
==========================
Membership & donations: membership@eff.org
Legal services: ssteele@eff.org
Hardcopy publications: pubs@eff.org
Technical questions/problems, access to mailing lists: eff@eff.org
General EFF, legal, policy or online resources queries: ask@eff.org
Latest issue of EFFector (EFF newsletter): effector-reflector@eff.org
EFF PGP PUBLIC KEY FOR ENCRYPTION
=================================
This is the ASCII-armored PGP 2.6us public key for the Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF). It is compatible with PGP vers. 2.2 - 2.7.
PGP is an ecryption (data security encoding) program, available for
DOS, OS/2, Unix, Macintosh and several other platforms. PGP is the
de facto Internet standard for encryption, and is available from many
BBSs, FTP sites, and other online services. (If you have trouble
locating PGP, see ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/README.Dist).
Note that mail sent with this key will be considered addressed to
EFF in general, not to a specific person, unless otherwise noted in
plaintext. To send encrypted personal mail to someone at EFF, for
whatever reason, please use that person's own key, or arrange some
other method of communication.
This key is provided principally for the sending of sensitive legal
information, and the transmission of credit card numbers over the
net securely when becoming a member of EFF. It takes us time and
effort to decrypt, so please don't use this key trivially.
Thank you. Please expect a delay, as the message will have to be
transferred to another system for decryption (we do not keep PGP
or our secret keys on our Internet systems for security reasons.)
To add this key to your public key ring, save the key as a file
called pgpkey.eff, then use the following DOS commandline,
in your PGP directory:
pgp -ka pgpkey.eff pubring.pgp
If your public key ring has another name, use that instead of
"pubring.pgp".
For MacPGP, click on Key | Add Key, select pgpkey.eff as
the file to get key from, and pubring.pgp (or whatever your
pubring is) for file to add key to.
To encrypt a message, please see the PGP documentation, and
remember that you will almost certainly need to generate the
result as an ASCII-armored file, so you can email it
(non-ASCII-armored PGP ciphertexts are binary, and will get
mangled if you try to email them.)
*** NOTE! PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS *INSIDE* THE
ENCRYPTED MESSAGE any time you send us crypto-mail, else
we may not be able to reply, if the original email headers
are lost.
The key itself:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6
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i6/U9RqMBDGzzMz5dnDoqz9s5f33xrYZC+qwTKmGyh0mcFaCzJ21/+6ZWS/tABEB
AAG0LEVsZWN0cm9uaWMgRnJvbnRpZXIgRm91bmRhdGlvbiA8ZWZmQGVmZi5vcmc+
iQCVAwUQLtCVljZAgYw09MRxAQHRLwP8CrE03giPMN0JVMR7aRxmn/XF9sQp9GtJ
mOZFxyvZnkyvW1hM2oMxRVmShWlewg0uphUsB2ayiACYgUhIK36mr7bDpSTqGR7r
J+VT+tVz802Q4GgdXUaVKnFb4bbZ9+xREXblDv5GgAjtqq9cdxxan+KeoqIEQlw9
iIKOzYGfAF+JAJMDBRAu0JVmnbX/7plZL+0BAQzQA/DyX64lOrLNvn0xDSFfMGVg
EueZjn1pGm0CBUGctzAHjRlrAeUUReh0JJTOaVcm6lnPZHgmZjFzzmeQbfpHd+6k
OkV2Yx1fouDJR8ewOMVE+VauC9Xe1YA4/VkAxVjRmlNUs+nyDNaqVwhdkOgalQGO
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OS8xMTA4QEZpZG9OZXQ+tBlFRkYgPDE5OjEyMDIvMTAxQFdpc2hOZXQ+tBlFRkYg
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IERpc2NhcmQgb2xkZXIga2V5IC0gaXQncyByZXZva2Vk
=2A8+
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
[Final note: beware line wrapping - key will not work if mangled!]
Updated: Feb. 16, 1995