Phil Zimmermann famous quotes

06-20-2025

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

#Privacy #Outlaw #Security
The PSTN is like a well-manicured neighborhood, (while) the internet is like a crime-ridden slum,
-- Phil Zimmermann

#Internet #Crime #Neighborhood
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

#Dull #Show Me #Shows
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

#Thinking #Technology #Government
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

#Poodles #Might #Fleas
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

#Past #Government #Political

Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age.
Every CEO of a social network should be required to use the default privacy settings for all of their accounts on the service.
If light is outlawed, then only outlaws will be able to see where they're going.
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.
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.
All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.
If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.
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.

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