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Philip R. Zimmermann (born 1954) is an American computer scientist and cryptographer. He is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone.
Philip R. Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy, an email encryption software package. Originally designed as a human rights tool, PGP was published for free on the Internet in 1991.
Phil Zimmermann created the first version of PGP encryption in 1991. The name, "Pretty Good Privacy" was inspired by the name of a grocery store, "Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery", featured in radio host Garrison Keillor's fictional town, Lake Wobegon.
Jun 8, 2021 · The original developer of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) reflects on the history, challenges and achievements of the cryptography software he created. He also warns of the threats to end-to-end encryption from governments and calls for activism.
Jun 6, 2021 · Philip Zimmermann. PGP Marks 30th Anniversary. 6 June 2021. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of PGP 1.0. It was on this day in 1991 that Pretty Good Privacy was uploaded to the Internet. I had sent it to a couple of my friends for distribution the day before.
OpenPGP is the most widely used email encryption standard. It is defined by the OpenPGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a Proposed Standard in RFC 4880. OpenPGP was originally derived from the PGP software, created by Phil Zimmermann.
5 days ago · The OpenPGP protocol defines standard formats for encrypted messages, signatures, private keys, and certificates for exchanging public keys. It is based on the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) freeware software as originally developed in 1991 by Phil Zimmermann .
