A Modern Day Odysseus

Part I of Essay
"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 id ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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. Before PGP, the United States government had spied on people through simply steaming open envelopes and recording phone conversati ....