Computer program for data encryption, primarily in email (PGP)
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Pretty Good Privacy
Original author(s)
Phil Zimmermann
PGP Inc.
Network Associates
PGP Corp.[1]
Developer(s)
Broadcom Inc.
Initial release
1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Stable release
11.4.0 Maintenance Pack 2
/ May 23, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-05-23)[2]
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications. Phil Zimmermann developed PGP in 1991.[4]
PGP and similar software follow the OpenPGP standard (RFC 4880), an open standard for encrypting and decrypting data. Modern versions of PGP are interoperable with GnuPG and other OpenPGP-compliant systems.[5]
^"Where to Get PGP". philzimmermann.com. Phil Zimmermann & Associates LLC. February 28, 2006.
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