The Cypherpunks
Jude Mihon aka St. Jude " Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world ." Definiton of a Cypherpunk A Cypherpunk is any activist advocating widespread use of strong cryptography as a route to social and political change. The cypherpunks were a group of individuals who emerged in the 1990s and were dedicated to promoting the use of strong encryption and privacy-enhancing technologies for individuals and businesses. The group's core philosophy was that individuals should have the right to protect their privacy, freedom of expression, and freedom of association. The cypherpunks believed that cryptography could be used to create a more secure and private internet, and that individuals should be able to communicate and trans...