Philip Zimmermann Quotes
Philip Zimmermann's quotes warn of shifting tech tides and a widening distrust of authority.
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Advances in technology will not permit the maintenance of the status quo, as far as privacy is concerned.
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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.
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Some Americans don't understand why I should be this concerned about the power of government. But talking to people in Eastern Europe, you don't have to explain it to them. They already get it-- and they don't understand why we don't.
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Trying to stop this is like trying to legislate the tides and the weather.
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Today, we live in a new world that has had two major breakthroughs that have an impact on this state of affairs. The first is the coming of the personal computer and the information age. The second breakthrough is public-key cryptography.
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When privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.
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You don't have to distrust the government to want to use cryptography.
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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.
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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.
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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
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The PSTN is like a well-manicured neighborhood, (while) the internet is like a crime-ridden slum,