08 How safe is PGP? Will it really protect my privacy?
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This article is from the PGP mini FAQ, by Andre Bacard abacard@well.sf.ca.us with numerous contributions by others.
08 How safe is PGP? Will it really protect my privacy?
Perhaps your government or your mother-in-law can "break"
PGP messages by using supercomputers and\or pure
brilliance. I have no way of knowing. Three facts are
certain. First, top-rate civilian cryptographers and
computer experts have tried unsuccessfully to break PGP.
Second, whoever proves that he or she can unravel PGP
will earn quick fame in crypto circles. He or she will be
applauded at banquets and attract grant money. Third,
PGP's programmers will broadcast this news at once.
Almost daily, someone posts a notice such as "PGP Broken
by Omaha Teenager." Take these claims with a grain of
salt. The crypto world attracts its share of paranoids,
provocateurs, and UFO aliens.
To date, nobody has publicly demonstrated the skill to
outsmart or outmuscle PGP.
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