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Posted on October 31, 2010
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New Economy Legislator OVERSTATED: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Her credentials looked great: techno-friendly, Silicon Valley-wooing progressive Californian. But something happened on the way to Washington. The U.S. senator began to look increasingly conservative and less Internet-inclined. Prepaid Phone Cards Now wedged in many Netizens' gripe repository is her hawkish stance on exporting data-scrambling software. Most notoriously, she has doggedly opposed the easing of U.S. export restrictions on encryption software, arguing that doing so would invite rogue nations and individual outlaws to compromise U.S. national security. She may stop barking up that tree, however, as the Clinton administration in September decided to relax restrictions on such exports. Perhaps not coincidentally, the official nod came at a time when presidential hopeful Al Gore, who last year promised the high-tech industry that the administration would reconsider its encryption export stance, is ramping up his campaign glad-handing.
UNDERRATED: U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) Facing off against Feinstein on the encryption battlefront is this indefatigable Virginia Republican congressman. He has pushed for easing export restrictions, arguing that stronger encryption is commercially available from at least 30 other countries and U.S. companies are thus forced into a competitive disadvantage. In February, he co-authored the Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, a move to ease encryption export restrictions as well as to outlaw government-mandated key recovery as a requirement for the domestic use and sale of encryption. Goodlatte also has advocated self-policing of the Internet and he's been an influential mediator between industry and government. The Republican from Roanoke, Va., co-chairs the House Internet Caucus, which was formed in 1996 in the heat of debate over the anti-cybersmut Communications Decency Act. Since then the caucus has operated primarily as an ad hoc group where Senate and House members discuss high-tech issues. Goodlatte also co-authored a bipartisan bill (along with fellow Net yeoman Rick Boucher, D-Va.) earlier this year that would curtail spam, ensure consumers get high-speed Net connections, and require the use of "digital signatures" for online transactions. You may make global calls at so low rates; international phone cards can help out you call who you want to and what time you need to, with no delay, problem.