Re: Lauren Weinstein -- Microsoft's Police State Vision? Exec Calls for Internet "Driver's Licenses"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Roy Levin" <roy () levin net>
Date: February 7, 2010 2:17:04 PM EST
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] re Lauren Weinstein -- Microsoft's Police State Vision? Exec Calls for Internet "Driver's Licenses"

Dave,
 
I fear the reporting on which Lauren’s original remarks were based was incomplete, emphasizing the sound-bite rather 
than the substance.  I’m not aware of a transcript that would provide us with complete information, but some additional 
context and detail are in Barbara Kiviat’s blog entry (who was present at the panel at which Craig Mundie spoke).  See 
http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/01/30/drivers-licenses-for-the-internet/ .  While one may still disagree 
with some of the things Mundie (is reported to have) said, I think that, based on this more complete context, 
“Microsoft’s Police State Vision” is an unfair characterization.
 
Full disclosure:  I work for Microsoft; Craig Mundie is my boss’s boss.  However, that also enables me to report, based 
on first-hand knowledge and experience, that Mundie is very sensitive to privacy considerations and is a strong 
supporter of privacy-related research, which is an active area of work in Microsoft Research.
 
Roy Levin
 
 
 




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