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From [[wikipedia:Pretty_Good_Privacy|its dedicated Wikipedia article]] :<blockquote>'''Pretty Good Privacy''' ('''PGP''') is an [[wikipedia:Encryption_software|encryption program]] that provides [[wikipedia:Cryptographic|cryptographic]] [[wikipedia:Privacy|privacy]] and [[wikipedia:Authentication|authentication]] for [[wikipedia:Data_communication|data communication]]. PGP is used for [[wikipedia:Digital_signature|signing]], encrypting, and decrypting texts, [[wikipedia:Email|e-mails]], files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the [[wikipedia:Security|security]] of e-mail communications. [[wikipedia:Phil_Zimmermann|Phil Zimmermann]] developed PGP in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Zimmermann|first=Philip R.|author-link=Phil Zimmermann|date=1999|title=Why I Wrote PGP|url=https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html|website=Essays on PGP|publisher=Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC|access-date=July 6, 2014|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122110/https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html|url-status=live}}<cite id="CITEREFZimmermann1999" class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="">[[Phil Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Philip R.]] (1999). [https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html "Why I Wrote PGP"]. ''Essays on PGP''. Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122110/https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html Archived] from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Essays+on+PGP&rft.atitle=Why+I+Wrote+PGP&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Zimmermann&rft.aufirst=Philip+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philzimmermann.com%2FEN%2Fessays%2FWhyIWrotePGP.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APretty+Good+Privacy" class="Z3988" data-ve-ignore=""></ref>

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	From [[wikipedia:Pretty_Good_Privacy\|its dedicated Wikipedia article]] :<blockquote>'''Pretty Good Privacy''' ('''PGP''') is an [[wikipedia:Encryption_software\|encryption program]] that provides [[wikipedia:Cryptographic\|cryptographic]] [[wikipedia:Privacy\|privacy]] and [[wikipedia:Authentication\|authentication]] for [[wikipedia:Data_communication\|data communication]]. PGP is used for [[wikipedia:Digital_signature\|signing]], encrypting, and decrypting texts, [[wikipedia:Email\|e-mails]], files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the [[wikipedia:Security\|security]] of e-mail communications. [[wikipedia:Phil_Zimmermann\|Phil Zimmermann]] developed PGP in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|last=Zimmermann\|first=Philip R.\|author-link=Phil Zimmermann\|date=1999\|title=Why I Wrote PGP\|url=https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html\|website=Essays on PGP\|publisher=Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC\|access-date=July 6, 2014\|archive-date=June 24, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122110/https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html\|url-status=live}}<cite id="CITEREFZimmermann1999" class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="">[[Phil Zimmermann\|Zimmermann, Philip R.]] (1999). [https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html "Why I Wrote PGP"]. ''Essays on PGP''. Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122110/https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html Archived] from the original on June 24, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 6,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Essays+on+PGP&rft.atitle=Why+I+Wrote+PGP&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Zimmermann&rft.aufirst=Philip+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philzimmermann.com%2FEN%2Fessays%2FWhyIWrotePGP.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APretty+Good+Privacy" class="Z3988" data-ve-ignore=""></span></ref>		From [[wikipedia:Pretty_Good_Privacy\|its dedicated Wikipedia article]] :<blockquote>'''Pretty Good Privacy''' ('''PGP''') is an [[wikipedia:Encryption_software\|encryption program]] that provides [[wikipedia:Cryptographic\|cryptographic]] [[wikipedia:Privacy\|privacy]] and [[wikipedia:Authentication\|authentication]] for [[wikipedia:Data_communication\|data communication]]. PGP is used for [[wikipedia:Digital_signature\|signing]], encrypting, and decrypting texts, [[wikipedia:Email\|e-mails]], files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the [[wikipedia:Security\|security]] of e-mail communications. [[wikipedia:Phil_Zimmermann\|Phil Zimmermann]] developed PGP in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|last=Zimmermann\|first=Philip R.\|author-link=Phil Zimmermann\|date=1999\|title=Why I Wrote PGP\|url=https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html\|website=Essays on PGP\|publisher=Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC\|access-date=July 6, 2014\|archive-date=June 24, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122110/https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html\|url-status=live}}<cite id="CITEREFZimmermann1999" class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="">[[Phil Zimmermann\|Zimmermann, Philip R.]] (1999). [https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html "Why I Wrote PGP"]. ''Essays on PGP''. Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122110/https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html Archived] from the original on June 24, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 6,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Essays+on+PGP&rft.atitle=Why+I+Wrote+PGP&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Zimmermann&rft.aufirst=Philip+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philzimmermann.com%2FEN%2Fessays%2FWhyIWrotePGP.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APretty+Good+Privacy" class="Z3988" data-ve-ignore=""></span></ref>