SECURITY FEATURES AND VULNERABILITIES, By Phil
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very
important that you do it." -Mahatma Gandhi.
Why I wrote PGP
It's personal. It's private. And it's no one's business but
yours. You may be planning a political campaign, discussing
your taxes, or having a secret romance. Or you may be com-
municating with a political dissident in a repressive coun-
try. Whatever it is, you don't want your private electronic
mail (e-mail) or confidential documents read by anyone else.
There's nothing wrong with asserting your privacy. Privacy
is as apple-pie as the Constitution.
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Perhaps you think your e-mail is legitimate enough that
encryption is unwarranted. If you really are a law-abiding
citizen with nothing to hide, then why don't you always send
your paper mail on postcards? Why not submit to drug testing
on demand? Why require a warrant for police searches of your
house? Are you trying to hide something? If you hide your
mail inside envelopes, does that mean you must be a subver-
sive or a drug dealer, or maybe a paranoid nut? Do law-
abiding citizens have any need to encrypt their e-mail?
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