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Winter1994 cover image
Volume 11
Number 4
48 pages
Winter1994 back cover image
Quote: "He's an absolutely appalling influence on young men who fall for the glamorization of crime he publishes." - Hacker Prosecutor Gail Thackeray on Emmanuel Goldstein
Notes: Page 11 contains a letter from the US Department of Justice, page 23 lists the funding for EFF and page 40 has a letter from Rop Gonggijp former editor of Hack-Tic that are not in the index.

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Synopsis Discusses the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA HR 4922), the Congress approved law enforcement takeover of the phone system to make surveillance easier.
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In Best of 2600 book? Yes, page 559, Section 2 (The 1990s: The World Discovers Hackers), Chapter 13 (Hackers and the Law)

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Ok on 10/29/2009 HR 4922 text. Original was http://cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/communications/wiretap/hr4922_final.txt
Original article Local copy on 12/07/2009 No archive.org

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Big Brother General term to describe any overly-inquisitive or overly-controlling authority figure or attempts by government to increase surveillance.    (more..)
Telecommunications The assisted transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication.    (more..)