Use of the Net leaves electronic footprints. As more people use the Net more often, it will become easier and easier to track them through this data. This will intensify disputes regarding protection of privacy.
Predictor: Johnson, David R.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 statement about the future of the Internet that is carried on the Electronic Frontier Foundation site, David R. Johnson, a Washington, D.C., lawyer and chairman of the EFF who helped draft the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, writes the sixth of 10 hypotheses on the Internet and law: ”Use of the Net leaves electronic footprints. As more people use the Net more often, it will become easier and easier to track them through this data. This will intensify disputes regarding protection of privacy.”
Biography:David R. Johnson was the chairman of Counsel Connect and the co director of the Cyberspace Law Institute in the 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Privacy/Surveillance
Name of publication: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Title, headline, chapter name: The Future of the Net – As it Pertains to Lawyers
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.eff.org/Legal/future_legal_net_johnson.article
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Fedders, Peter J.