One method to
protect computer data from
hackers is an
encryption chip. The most recent of these is called the
Clipper, and it can be installed in
telephones,
faxes and
computer circuitry. Basically, data sent over a
communication device is processed by the
chip, and sent to a receiving
machine which interprets the information via its own chip. Anyone attempting to intercept data
illegally outside of this two-way process will receive
nonsense. However, as the government has the only “key” to this encryption chip,
civil rights activists claim it is an i
nfringement on the right to
free speech.
This was written 4 years ago in a magazine so it is out of date, but I always find it interesting to see what people thought was advanced years ago.