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<H1>Electronic Magazines: CUD (The Computer Underground Digest)</H1>
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Computer Underground Digest is not really a magazine; it's actually an
e-mail list that has run for years. However, it is owed a special respect
due to its efforts to collect old underground electronic magazines, such
as textfiles.com is trying to do. The CuD was an attempt by members of the 
Electronic Freedom Foundation to take a rational look at the laws and
politics surrounding computer hacking and usage, as this was where the greatest
tragedies were occuring on the plane of personal freedom and liberty.
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Reading this digest is very depressing for me; the stories are told time
and time again of law enforcement coming after people with guns a-blazing,
ripping apart lives in the pursuit of shadowy criminals and imagined
horrors. However, as you read through the threads, the pure intelligence
and calm tone of the mailing list comes through again, and again, and you feel,
sort of, that there's some hope.
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<TD BGCOLOR=#00FF00><FONT COLOR=#000000><B>Filename</B><BR></FONT>
<TD BGCOLOR=#00DD00><FONT COLOR=#000000><B>Size</B><BR></FONT>
<TD BGCOLOR=#00AA00><FONT COLOR=#000000><B>Description of the Textfile</B><BR></TR>
