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S01E05: The Crypto Wars: How Philip Zimmermann fought for our right to privacy

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The Importance of Encryption Software

Zimmerman got a call from two federal agents in February of 1993. They wanted to talk about PGP, he recalls now. Zimmerman hired a criminal lawyer named Phil Dubois and had the interview conducted in his office. A successful prosecution could have put Zimmerman in jail for up to five years,. accompanied by fines of up to a million dollars.

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