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Cypherpunk

A cypherpunk is one who advocates the widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a means of effecting social and political change. The cypherpunk movement originated in the late 1980s and gained traction with the establishment of the "Cypherpunks" electronic mailing list in 1992, where informal groups of activists…

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related to Notable cypherpunks · 149
Cypherpunk → An, Assange, Assassination Politics, Assistant Chief Scientist, Azure, Bell Labs, Bitcoin, BitcoinWei Dai, BitTorrentMatt Curtin, Blaze, Block, BlockstreamJim Bell, C2Net, Callas, Case Western Reserve UniversityPaul, CEO, Chief Technical Officer, Chief Technologist, CISO, Clipper ChipEric Blossom
related to Further reading · 35
Cypherpunk → Andy, Assange, Bitcoin, Code Rebels Beat, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Cypherpunks, Digital Age, Dutton Adult, Emails, Forum Posts, Founder, Free, Freedom, Future, Government--Saving Privacy, Greenberg, Hacktivists Aim, Hornet's Nest, How
related to Etymology and the Cypherpunks mailing list · 26
Cypherpunk → An, At, By, Cygnus Solutions, Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer, December, Eric Hughes, Gilmore's, GNU Mailman, Igor Chudov, In, In November, Jim Choate, John Gilmore, Jude Milhon, Majordomo, March, May, Oxford English Dictionary, Riad
related to Before the mailing list · 13
Cypherpunk → Data Encryption Standard, David Chaum, DES, However, Identification, Make Big Brother Obsolete, Martin Hellman, Security, The, Transaction Systems, Until, US, Whitfield Diffie
related to Civil disobedience · 9
Cypherpunk → Adam Back, Cypherpunks, EAR, In, ITAR, Perl, RSA, Until, US
related to Expert panels · 9
Cypherpunk → At, Cypherpunks, Data Encryption Standard, It, Minimal Key Lengths, One, Provide Adequate Commercial Security, Symmetric Ciphers, US
related to Legacy · 9
Cypherpunk → Amsterdam CryptoParty, August, Canadian, CryptoParty, Cypherpunk's Manifesto, Eric Hughes, It, MintChip, Wiki
related to Cypherpunk fiction · 8
Cypherpunk → But, Cryptonomicon, Cyphernomicon, FAQ, In Neal Stephenson's, Much, Secret Admirers, This
related to Hiding the act of hiding · 8
Cypherpunk → An, As, Cypherpunks, For, In, Interrogators, Likewise, Rubberhose
related to Lawsuits · 8
Cypherpunk → Applied Cryptography, Cypherpunks, House, Karn, Phil Karn, Senate, State Department, US

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anonymous digital cashinstance ofa block cipher which became very widely used.The technical roots of Cypherpunk ideas have been traced back to work by cryptographer David Chaum on topics0.80text
pseudonymous reputation systemsinstance ofa block cipher which became very widely used.The technical roots of Cypherpunk ideas have been traced back to work by cryptographer David Chaum on topics0.80text
described in his paperinstance ofa block cipher which became very widely used.The technical roots of Cypherpunk ideas have been traced back to work by cryptographer David Chaum on topics0.80text
anonymityinstance ofand early spam.The cypherpunks mailing list had extensive discussions of the public policy issues related to cryptography and on the politics and philosophy of concepts0.80text
pseudonymsinstance ofand early spam.The cypherpunks mailing list had extensive discussions of the public policy issues related to cryptography and on the politics and philosophy of concepts0.80text
reputationinstance ofand early spam.The cypherpunks mailing list had extensive discussions of the public policy issues related to cryptography and on the politics and philosophy of concepts0.80text
and privacyinstance ofand early spam.The cypherpunks mailing list had extensive discussions of the public policy issues related to cryptography and on the politics and philosophy of concepts0.80text
the GURPS Cyberpunk raid lent weight to the idea that private individuals needed to take steps to protect their privacyinstance ofEvents0.80text
Skipjackinstance ofThe US government had also tried to subvert cryptography through schemes0.80text
key escrowinstance ofThe US government had also tried to subvert cryptography through schemes0.80text
the Mixmaster Remailer were almost entirely a cypherpunk developmentinstance ofSoftware projectsAnonymous remailers0.80text
the final rulings in the cypherpunks lawsuits forced a more complete relaxation of the unconstitutional controls on encryption software.LawsuitsCypherpunks have filed a number of lawsuitsinstance ofLater events0.80text

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