Phil Zimmermann

Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. (born February 12, 1954) is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world.

Quotes

  • If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.
    • Why I Wrote PGP, Part of the original 1991 PGP User's Guide (updated in 1999)
  • At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as it is today.
    • Why I Wrote PGP, Part of the original 1991 PGP User's Guide (updated in 1999)
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