Phil Zimmermann

Phil Zimmermann in 2010

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)
  • The natural flow of technology tends to move in the direction of making surveillance easier.
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