Encryption products in Canada and the US are subject to export controls. According to Zimmerman, we may be giving up our privacy through the seduction of the information age. More and more of our lives are being exposed. The Web is replacing our libraries and newsstands. Technology is available to monitor what we read online.
Cryptography can be powerful tool in the protection of our privacy.
PGP has become the most widely used software in the world for e-mail encryption. However, it is still difficult to integrate into many corporate e-mail systems. According to Zimmerman, he is currently involved in the development of a new version of PGP that will be more easily integrated into popular e-mail programs such as Microsoft Mail and ccMail. Zimmerman also announced that work on a new product called PGPfone is underway. PGPfone is an Internet telephony product that utilizes high level encryption to prevent conversations from being intercepted.