A Modern Day Odysseus
Beginning of paper
"I wanted to strengthen democracy, to ensure that Americans could
protect their privacy." Philip R. Zimmermann, a modern day hero, started
with one powerful goal - to create easy to use, publicly available e-mail
encryption software. With patience, strong will, and the idea that privacy
is a righ ....
Middle of paper
.... in battle. Phil Zimmermann wanted to help people as a whole, and
demonstrated this in twice being arrested for nonviolent anti-nuclear
weapons protests. He went even further with his good intentions to code
one of the most powerful steps towards greater civil liberty, specifically,
"Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)," which enabled the unbreakable encryption of e-
mail. In other words, he extended to people the right to free speech that
no one, not even the government, can listen to. ....
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