No legislative act can stop the spread of cryptography.
Predictor: Hoffman, Lance
Prediction, in context:The 1995 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. He writes: ”The simple truth, though, is that no legislative act can stop the spread of cryptography, according to Lance Hoffman, a computer security expert and professor at George Washington University. ‘There are 394 foreign encryption products; over 150 use DES – strong encryption,’ says Hoffman. ‘And all are legal to import.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Policing Cyberspace
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 115
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne