
S01E05: The Crypto Wars: How Philip Zimmermann fought for our right to privacy
Hidden Heroes
The Future of Privacy
During the 1980s, tools like email or the wider internet were not yet on the radar screen of the average person. Zimmerman realized that activists were going to need a new kind of support. He was arrested at a famous Nevada protest alongside Carl Sagan and Martin Sheen. Today, email can be routinely and automatically scanned for interesting keywords without detection.
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