The prediction, in brief:

Perfect security on the Internet will never exist.

Predictor: Bidzos, Jim

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for Newsweek, writers Steven Levy, Katie Hafner and Roger Adams quote Jim Bidzos, president of RSA Data Security Co. They write:”On Dec. 10, there was yet another report of a potential hole in the Internet wall … Once a crook or snoop has your [cryptography] key, it’s easy to read all your messages and monitor your transactions … ‘It’s a process of continual improvement,’ says Jim Bidzos, president of RSA Data Security Co. ‘Perfect security on the Internet will never exist.'”

Date of prediction: December 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Communication

Subtopic: Security/Encryption

Name of publication: Newsweek

Title, headline, chapter name: The Year of the Internet

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 26

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney