News (8)

  • PGP creator takes on VoIP security

    Phil Zimmermann, who gave free e-mail encryption to the world more than a decade ago in the form of a software called Pretty Good Privacy, is now trying to secure Internet phone calls.

  • Skype's VoIP ambitions

    Q&A Niklas Zennstrom may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur.

  • PGP hints at secure instant messaging

    The chief executive of PGP, Phillip Dunkelberger, has hinted the company will release a secure instant messaging (IM) application following its re-launch of the brand in June last year.

  • Face the facts on surveillance

    New technology can mean an end to old liberties and there's little we can do to stop the surveillance state. But maybe we can turn the cameras on the watchers.

  • PGP creator: Surveillance must be curbed

    Phil Zimmermann, the creator of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption tool, says that widespread surveillance is leading us into an Orwellian future.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Skype's VoIP ambitions

    Q&A Niklas Zennstrom may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur.

  • Increase workstation security with PGP

    help/how to The last thing you want is for competitors or hackers to intercept your organisation's e-mail traffic. Here's how you can secure e-mail and more using PGP.

  • PGP hints at secure instant messaging

    The chief executive of PGP, Phillip Dunkelberger, has hinted the company will release a secure instant messaging (IM) application following its re-launch of the brand in June last year.

  • Moore's law 'is biggest threat to privacy'

    Phil Zimmermann, the man who created the PGP encryption product, believes that Moore's Law and surveillance cameras make for a particularly dangerous cocktail.

Reviews (1)

  • PGP Personal Security

    PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a respected encryption mechanism for protecting email correspondence. PGPi is available for free, so the main reason for purchasing PGP Personal Security 7.03 would be to obtain the extra features that McAfee provides.

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