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  1. Philip R. Zimmermann [2] (born 1954) [1] 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. [2] He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Jun 8, 2021 · Tue 8 Jun 2021 // 17:01 UTC. Encryption and verification package Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) has celebrated a troubled 30 years of securing secrets and giving cypherpunks an excuse to meet in person, with original developer and security specialist Phil Zimmermann toasting a world where encryption is common but, he warns, still under threat.

  5. Creator of PGP. Background. 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.

  6. Philip R. Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy. For that, he was the target of a three-year criminal investigation, because the government held that US export restrictions for cryptographic software were violated when PGP spread all around the world following its 1991 publication as freeware.

  7. Jun 28, 2018 · Phil is best-known for inventing Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), which after almost 30 years, is still regarded as the gold standard for secure email encryption. He is also known for his work on internet telephony (VoIP) encryption protocols, and was creator of the highly respected ZRTP encryption protocol.

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