cypherpunk n.
[from cyberpunk] Someone interested in the
uses of encryption via electronic ciphers for enhancing personal
privacy and guarding against tyranny by centralized, authoritarian
power structures, especially government. There is an active
cypherpunks mailing list at cypherpunks-request@toad.com
coordinating work on public-key encryption freeware, privacy, and
digital cash. See also tentacle.
[from cyberpunk] Someone interested in the
uses of encryption via electronic ciphers for enhancing personal
privacy and guarding against tyranny by centralized, authoritarian
power structures, especially government. There is an active
cypherpunks mailing list at cypherpunks-request@toad.com
coordinating work on public-key encryption freeware, privacy, and
digital cash. See also tentacle.
Related:
- tentacle n.
A covert pseudo, sense 1. An artificial
identity created in cyberspace for nefarious and deceptive
purposes.
The implication is that a single person may have ... - samurai n.
A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs,
snooping for factions in corporate political fights... - samurai: n. A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs,
snooping for factions in corporate political fights... - When private encryption is outlawed,
so is personal freedom... - forum n.
[Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums']
Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS,
a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see postings for... - Better to live with the occasional vagaries of digital pseudonyms than to
ban them.
T.C.May, cofounder,... - Public figures such as actors, politicians, and athletes should expect people to be interested in their private lives.
When they seek a public role, they should expect that... - email: /ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail') 1. n. Electronic mail
automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems
over common-carrier lines.
Contrast {snail-mail}, {paper-net}, {voice-net}... - forum: n. [USENET, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any
discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS},
a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {network...
