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    Security in Electronic Banking and Commerce
  • Security for Internet Commerce - Tersa Systems
  • Basic Flaws in Internet Security and Commerce

    • Some Electronic Banks
  • Cyber-Cash
  • First Virtual
  • DigiCash
  • Commerce.Net
  • Security First Network Bank (very nice image map)
  • Wells Fargo and Co.
  • Bank of America
  • Chemical Bank
  • Chase Manhattan Bank
  • European Union Bank - offshore bank that offers banking commands through e-mail, encrypted with PGP.


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    Ethical Issues

  • Ethical and Professional Issues in Computing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • NCSU Program and Links on Science, Technology, & Society
  • Science Ethics Resources on the Net - A good compilation of sites on ethics and social responsibility related to technology.
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's ELSI Project - Ethical, Legal and Social Issues

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    Legal and Policy Issues in Security

  • Also See Organizations.
  • @CYBERCOP.ORG
  • Building in Big Brother by Lance Hoffman
  • Bureau of Export Administration - under the U.S. Department of Commerce. This page covers export restrictions and has a "most visited" page list.
  • The Center For Democracy And Technology - a non-profit public interest organization based in Washington, DC. CDT works for public policies that advance civil liberties and democratic values in new computer and communications technologies
  • Clipper Chip from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
  • Cryptography and Liberty - An international survey of encryption policy.
  • Cryptography Export Control Archives
  • Cryptography Policy - Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
  • Cyberporn Debate - Vanderbilt University
  • High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)
  • Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure
  • Karn v. US Department of State - The Applied Cryptography Case
  • Key Escrow Export Information - NIST Meeting
  • Legal Information Institute - Cornell University
  • Morris, Manning & Martin Computer Technology Legal Net
  • Parhesia.com - The politics of cryptography and encryption. Cryptography, Law, and Cyberspace
  • Recommendation No. R (95) 13 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States Concerning Problems of Criminal Procedure Law Connected with Information Technology
  • Seamless Website - Law and Legal Resources. First commercial legal website
  • U.S. Policy - from the Symantec Security Center
  • talk.politics.crypto

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    Society, Cryptography, and Privacy Issues

    Papers & articles
  • Anonymous Remailer FAQ on how remailers work and how to find them, by Andre Bacard, author of the books Computer Privacy Handbook ("The Scariest Computer Book of the Year").
  • The Applied Cryptography Case - One man's struggle over export issues and encryption software.
  • Civilian Ownership of Cryptography - civilian uses of encryption and a good timeline on cryptography.
  • A Cypherpunk's Manifesto - An essay on privacy, by Eric Hughes, Cypherpunks co-founder.
  • Does Your Browser Make Your Email Address Available To Sites You Visit?
  • Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) statutes - an ASCII version of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including all amendments to the original Wiretap Act (18 USC 2510 et seq.), the complete chapter on stored communications (18 USC 2701 et seq.), and the amendments to pen-register and trap-and-trace procedures (18 USC 3121 et seq.)
  • ECPA and Online Computer Privacy by Ruel Hernandez - the World Wide Web HTML version of the original draft version of his article published in the Federal Communications Law Journal which is published by the UCLA School of Law and the Federal Communications Bar Association.
  • What is The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)? - An explanation of what rights you have when you communicate online.
  • How is the NII [National Information Infrastructure] Like a Prison? by Alan Wexelblat
  • Netsurfer Focus on Cryptography and Privacy - A collection of articles and essays on the topic of encryption and cyber privacy from Netsurfer Focus issue August 21, 1995, Volume 01, Issue 03
  • Privacy in the Information Age - An essay on who knows what about you. Topics include: Credit Reports, Government Records, Medical Records, Ramifications of Access, and Protective Measures.
  • The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information by Beth Givens and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Foreword by Ralph Nader, published by Avon Books, Inc. (Sept. 1997)
  • The Risks Of Key Recovery, Key Escrow, and Trusted Third-Party Encryption - A Report by an Ad Hoc group of Cryptographers and Computer Scientists. Authors: Hal Abelson, Ross Anderson, Steven M. Bellovin, Josh Benaloh, Matt Blaze, Whitfield Diffie, John Gilmore, Peter G. Neumann, Ronald L. Rivest, Jeffrey I. Schiller, and Bruce Schneier.
  • Why Should I Care About The Crypto Debate? - Why should cryptography be used and why you should be fighting for your rights.

    • On-Line resources & Organizations

  • Americans For Computer Privacy is composed of 40 trade associations and over 100 companies representing financial services, manufacturing, high-tech, and transportation industries as well as liberal and conservative organizations.
  • Center for Democracy and Technology - a non-profit public interest organization based in Washington, DC. CDT works for public policies that advance civil liberties and democratic values in new computer and communications technologies.
  • Cyber-Liberties - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Privacy and Encryption Page
  • CypherPunks Homepage - a community of people interested in the social and political implications of strong cryptography. The site has documentation, white papers, and software.
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and democracy online.
  • Encryption Privacy and Security Resource Page - information on government, privacy, and encryption
  • The Electronic Privacy Resource Center - a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
  • Internet Privacy Coalition - mission of the Internet Privacy Coalition is to promote privacy and security on the Internet through widespread public availability of strong encryption and the relaxation of export controls on cryptography.
  • On-Line Privacy
  • The Privacy Forum
  • Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
  • Privacy Now! - The Golden Key Campaign - The campaign for private communications online.

  • Also see Organizations in Security & Privacy
    • "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..." -the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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