Short for Pretty Good Privacy, PGP was freeware released in 1991 by Philip Zimmermann that is a public key encryption and decryption solution. PGP is now a product of PGP Corporation and still a widely used encryption tool. After its initial release, the U.S. government filed charges against Philip alleging he broke U.S. encryption laws. These charges were later dropped.

Today, PGP can be used for encrypting and decrypting any text, e-mail, directories, or partitions.

Computer Hope public key

—–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–Version: BCPG C# v1.6.1.0 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D+fv—–END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–

Creating a private and public PGP key

To create a personal set of PGP keys to encrypt and decrypt messages, you can use the PGP Key Generator. On this website, you can also encrypt a message using a public key and decrypt using your private key and private key passphrase.

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