Every time we make any sort of transaction in the digital environment, we smear our fingerprints all over Cyberspace. If we are to have any privacy in the future, we will need virtual “walls” made of cryptography.
Predictor: Barlow, John Perry
Prediction, in context:In 1994, John Perry Barlow conducted an online debate with Dorothy Denning about the Clipper Chip. The debate took place in the Time Online forum of America Online. Barlow said: ”Every time we make any sort of transaction in the digital environment, we smear our fingerprints all over Cyberspace. If we are to have any privacy in the future, we will need virtual ‘walls’ made of cryptography.”
Biography:John Perry Barlow helped found the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1990 with WELL (Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link) members Mitch Kapor and John Gilmore in direct response to a threat to free speech. Barlow’s was one of the loudest voices in the battle to keep the Internet unfettered while still encouraging that it become a tool available to everyone. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: March 10, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Title, headline, chapter name: Barlow v. Denning Transcript
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
www.eff.org/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/barlow_v_denning_transcript.html
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