PGP creator: Net is like 'downtown Bagdad'
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| Developed to help human rights activists to communicate safely via the
| net, Zimmermann's software is deployed by more than 35,000 businesses
| and millions of individuals. In the last 15 years encryption has grow
| from a product of questionable legal status to a government-mandated
| approach to protecting sensitive ecommerce transactions.
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| Strong encryption used to be viewed as something 'dodgy', prompting
| the question: "what are you trying to hide". Now firms are legallyr
| equired to encrypt data or risk falling foul of information disclosure
| laws and corporate governance regulations.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/21/pgp_at_15/
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