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A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
The following is an archival copy of Eric Hughes’ “A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto”, originally published on 9 March 1993. The manifesto is a foundational text for the cypherpunk movement, advocating for privacy and the use of cryptography in an open society. The original text can be found at https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html.
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.