Phil Zimmermann quotes

“If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.”
-- Phil Zimmermann

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

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“The PSTN is like a well-manicured neighborhood, (while) the internet is like a crime-ridden slum,”
-- Phil Zimmermann

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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“Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age.”

Source : "Prolific Nobel winner's pen name? 'Not talking'" by Joe Sterling and Steven Jiang, www.cnn.com. October 11, 2012.

“Every CEO of a social network should be required to use the default privacy settings for all of their accounts on the service.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 19, 2010

“If light is outlawed, then only outlaws will be able to see where they're going.”

“If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.”

Source : "If Evolution is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve". Album by Jello Biafra, October 27, 1998.

“To me, an outlaw is a man that did things his own way, whether you liked him or not. I did things my own way.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.”

Source : Marilyn French (2011). “The Women's Room”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

“If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.”

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

“It's round the world I've traveled; it's round the world I've roamed; but I've yet to see an outlaw drive a family from its home”

“If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR.”

“It's certainly easier to implement bad security and make it illegal for anyone to notice than it is to implement good security.”