The use of non-escrowed encryption would create a society that “protects pedophiles and criminals.”
Predictor: Baker, Stewart
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 online essay about the Clipper Chip and encryption, Luke Seemann quotes Stewart Baker, chief counsel for the National Security Agency: ”Stewart Baker of the NSA says that there have already been cases in which encryption has foiled police. He described a situation in Santa Clara in which a child pornographer encrypted his diaries, hindering the investigation against him. The use of non-escrowed encryption would create a society that ‘protects pedophiles and criminals.'”
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, 1995
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Online Essay
Title, headline, chapter name: Keys to Secret Drawers: The Clipper Chip and Key Escrow Encryption
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~stubb/annotations/essay.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Beckett, Angela