This is not as clear. The apparent solution to the lack of privacy on the internet is a technique known as encryption . Encryption is running data through filters. However, such encryption would also allow people to hide far more easily online. Many hackers can also run intercepted data through filters of their own and recover the information.
Business moves far more slowly than the underground community of hackers.
In 1993, the government suggested that the government should hold a key to all encryption. This idea was called a Clipper chip . The Commerce department shifted the focus of the Clipper to comply with European regulations and many companies expressed frustration with the Clipper initiative. The House vote on SAFE will take place in September. The Online Privacy Alliance , made up of prominent companies in communications and technology like IBM , AOL , and Time Warner , is trying to help the internet industry self-regulate encryption and other privacy topics.