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- From: bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris)
- Subject: Re: Phantom Access - EFF
- Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:59:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.175933.26136@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Keywords: Phantom Access, EFF, Privacy, Polls
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- In article <dank.712258012@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov> dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Kegel) writes:
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- )Perhaps if you had chosen a more interesting subject than "Phantom Access",
- )more serious people would have read your original poll, i.e. it's not just
- )EFF that has trouble getting a coherent message to the masses :-)
- )I certainly support the EFF wholeheartedly.
- )- Dan Kegel (dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov)
-
- This wouldn't really solve the problem with self-selection, unfortunately.
- In general, only people with strong opinions (one way or the other) are
- going to respond to such a survey. It might help a little bit, but the
- main problem would remain.
-
- It is interesting to observe how the EFF handles the PR problems that this
- survey (unscientific as it is) raises, however.
-
- One approach would be to express concern, open a dialogue, and point out
- that the EFF has published its goals numerous times,is concerned about
- its public image, and is doing everything it can and that one can reasonably
- expect to talk about its goals and accomplishments. This, however, is NOT
- the approach I've come to expect....
-
- The approach I'd predict is that this survey will be ignored, and there will
- be a strong hint that the EFF considers people who publish such information
- to be 'the enemy' or at least 'not with it', and not worthy of the EFF's
- scarce, limited, and really very valuable and important time.
-
- (Sort of 'The Few. The Proud. The Elite. The EFF! approach).
-
-