Clipper chip
Encryption device promoted by the NSA in the 1990s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Clipper architecture or Clippy.
The Clipper chip was a chipset that was developed and promoted by the United States National Security Agency[1] (NSA) as an encryption device that secured "voice and data messages"[2] with a built-in backdoor that was intended to "allow Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials the ability to decode intercepted voice and data transmissions."[2] It was intended to be adopted by telecommunications companies for voice transmission. Introduced in 1993, it was entirely defunct by 1996.