Phil Zimmermann Quotes

• If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.

  Phil Zimmermann

  Privacy, Outlaw, Ifs

  "Battle of the Clipper Chip" by Steven Levy, www.nytimes.com. 1994.

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• Show me a person who has nothing to hide, and I'll show you a person who is either exceedingly dull - or a complete exhibitionist

  Phil Zimmermann

  Dull, Show Me, Shows

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• When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow the Government to deploy those technologies.

  Phil Zimmermann

  Thinking, Technology, Government

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• I used to feel like I was a flea on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now I feel I might be a small yapping poodle on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

  Phil Zimmermann

  Poodles, Might, Fleas

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• At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as it is today.

  Phil Zimmermann

  Past, Government, Political

  "Why I Wrote PGP". Personal Website, www.philzimmermann.com. June 1991 (updated 1999).

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• The PSTN is like a well-manicured neighborhood, while the internet is like a crime-ridden slum,

  Phil Zimmermann

  Internet, Crime, Neighborhood

  "Privacy guru locks down voip" by Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. July 26, 2005.

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