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PGP Is 15 Years Old

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the happy-secure-birthday dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PGP Corporation salutes the 15th anniversary of PGP encryption technology. Developed and released in 1991 by Phil Zimmermann, Pretty Good Privacy 1.0 set the standard for safe, accessible technology to protect and share online information."

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  1. Finally Legal! by pen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Congratulations, PGP! Now legal in Bulgaria, France, Monaco, and Thailand.

    Oh, and I almost forgot Poland!

  2. Wait? ZIMMERMAN? by gcnaddict · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Zimmerman? A person named Zimmermann made PGP?

    As in Zimmermann with the same spelling as this Zimmerman who was tied to this event?

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