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Discussion Forum : Technology - Section 1 (Q.No. 27)
27.
Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?
Phil Zimmermann
Tim Berners-Lee
Marc Andreessen
Ken Thompson
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Phil Zimmermann created the first version of PGP encryption in 1991. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is often used for signing, encrypting and decrypting texts, E-mails, files, directories and whole disk partitions to increase the security of e-mail communications.
Discussion:
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Tariq Ahmad said:   1 decade ago
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is often used for signing, encrypting and decrypting texts, E-mails, files, directories and whole disk partitions to increase the security of e-mail communications. It was created by Phil Zimmermann in 1991.

Utkarsh said:   1 decade ago
What is it? please explain it.

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