People using Clipper would have a lot more security in their messages than they have today because many people use few safeguards on their e-mail.
Predictor: Baker, Stewart
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article on encryption, writer Dan Gillmor quotes Stewart Baker: ”[Stewart] Baker, from the National Security Agency, had an unenviable job in defending Clipper. He scored several points. He noted, for example, ‘that people using Clipper would have a lot more security in their messages than they have today because many people use few safeguards on their e-mail.'”
Biography:Stewart Baker was described by The Washington Post (Nov. 20, 1995) as “one of the most techno-literate lawyers around.” Baker’s Washington, D.C., practice covered issues relating to digital commerce, electronic surveillance, encryption, privacy, national security and export controls. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Dayton Daily News
Title, headline, chapter name: Privacy Backers Wary of New ‘Big Brother’
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=ecc86879f05293277e861c0980d5af5b&_docnum=2&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlzV&_md5=a886bb12e1291b5e32f3b80c0968c00b
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