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 right of the people, he did just that, and i ....
Middle of paper
.... 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. Before PGP, the United
States government had spied on people through simply steaming open
envelopes and recording phone conversations. Not only that, but e-mail was ....
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Number of words: 1267
Number of pages: 5 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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