The good news is that many programs are now available to mask this ancient PGP design and make it simpler to use, especially for encrypting and authenticating emails, which is PGP’s primary feature.īefore you start tampering with PGP and other programs that use it, it’s worth spending a few minutes understanding the basics of public-key encryption. See Also: Encryption Key Management Essentials PGP software has been around since 1991, making it as old as the first versions of Microsoft Windows, and it hasn’t changed much in appearance since then. The strong encryption (public-key encryption) that PGP uses is quite ingenious but challenging to grasp fully. Unfortunately, PGP is not very good at being easy to understand or easy to use.
Used correctly, it can prevent the contents of your messages, texts, and even files from being read, even by well-budgeted government surveillance programs.
PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy and actually provides perfect privacy.
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