Technological advances also enable new forms of illegal activity, posing new problems for legal and law-enforcement officials and challenging the very definitions of crime and civil liberties. But technologies used to combat these crimes can pose new threats to freedom and privacy.
Predictor: Koball, Bruce
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 informational article in The Risks Digest that outlines what to expect at the Third Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, Bruce Koball, general chair, makes the following remark: ”Technological advances also enable new forms of illegal activity, posing new problems for legal and law-enforcement officials and challenging the very definitions of crime and civil liberties. But technologies used to combat these crimes can pose new threats to freedom and privacy.”
Biography:Bruce Koball, a computer technologist and consultant, was chair of the conference Computers,Freedom, and Privacy ’93. He wrote “Security on the Net: A Cautionary Tale” in 1995, after being instrumental in the capture of notorious computer hacker Kevin D. Mitnick. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: December 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism
Name of publication: The Risks Digest
Title, headline, chapter name: Third Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy – CFP’93
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/14.21.html
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