Crime involving high technology is going to be off the boards. It won’t be long before the bad guys outstrip our ability to keep up with them.
Predictor: Tafoya, William
Prediction, in context:The 1994 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the Jan. 23, 1995, U.S. News & World Report article “Policing Cyberspace” by Vince Sussman. Sussman explores First Amendment rights in cyberspace. The article includes an interview with FBI Special Agent William Tafoya. Sussman quotes Tafoya, writing: ”Crime involving high technology is going to be off the boards,’ predicts FBI Special Agent William Tafoya, the man who created the bureau’s home page on the Internet, the worldwide computer network. ‘It won’t be long before the bad guys outstrip our ability to keep up with them.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Policing Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 110
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne