the punks mentioned in The Atlantic
sparky
sparky at suba.com
Mon Feb 19 06:48:09 PST 2001
"In 1992, inspired by his example, a band of mathematicians,
computer scientists, and software engineers based primarily in the
San Francisco area began to discuss ways to defend personal
privacy in the computer age. They were brought together by an
intense ideological commitment to privacy and free speech, and by
an anarchistic mistrust of government and big business. They
dedicated themselves to creating and widely disseminating the
best cryptography possible, for all to use. They called themselves
the Cypherpunks."
The article is mainly about the burgeoning privacy business,
interviews with folks from Zero Knowledge and such.
Link to the quote:
http://theatlantic.com/issues/2001/03/lester2.htm (about halfway
down the page)
Link to the article's first page:
http://theatlantic.com/issues/2001/03/lester.htm
sparky
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