FC: FBI says America needs anti-privacy, cyber-ethics education

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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This is a parody of a real article at:
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGATYY8I4EC.html

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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 16:11:57 -0700
To: cypherpunks () algebra com
From: Tim May <tcmay () got net>
Subject: FBI: We Need Cyber Ethics Education

Monday October 9 4:45 PM ET

FBI: We Need Cyber Ethics Education
By DIANE HOPHEAD, Routers Press Agency

WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI: We Need Cyber Ethics Education.

Thou shalt snoop on other children.

Thou shalt not hide cybercrimes by using encryption.

FBI agents are spreading a new gospel to parents and teachers, hoping 
they'll better educate youths that privacy in cyberspace can be 
economically costly and just as criminal as refusing to narc out fellow 
students.

The Justice Department (news - web sites) and the Information Technology 
Association of America, a trade group, has launched the Cybercitizen 
Partnership to encourage educators and parents to talk to children in ways 
that equate privacy and encryption with old-fashioned wrongdoing.

The nascent effort includes a series of seminars around the country for 
teachers, classroom materials and guides and a Web site to help parents 
talk to children. The FBI is distributing copies of "MyPersonalCarnivore" 
to allow children to set up their own Carnivore-enabled local sites.

``In a democracy in general, we can't have the police everywhere,'' said 
Michael Vacuous, director of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection 
Center, which guards against computer attacks by terrorists, foreign agents 
and teen hackers.

``One of the most important ways of reducing crime is trying to teach 
ethics and morality to our kids. That same principle needs to apply to the 
cyber world,'' he said.

"We are willing to drop the antitrust action against Microsoft if and when 
they meet the legitimate needs of law enforcement," he added. Asked if he 
was referring to the proposed "WindowsMe (and Big Brother)," he added that 
he could not comment on sensitive programs.





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