From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 06:08:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Oregon License Plate Site in the News Tonight!
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At 12:26 AM 8/9/96 -0700, daw@cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner) wrote:
>I say, what we need is a little more abuse.  I say, a well-publicized
>incident of abuse of the driver's license database can do more to
>help the cause of privacy than any amount of intellectually compelling
>debate.  Perhaps one horrible incident of abuse would ignite enough
>public backlash to stop states from selling their databases at the
>drop of a hat.

Judge Bork doesn't happen to live in Oregon, does he?
Publishing his video rental records got Congress to pass a law
against private businesses selling that kind of data;
perhaps we can embarass the state of Oregon into not selling 
data that the state forces you to provide.

#			Thanks;  Bill
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