“People have been defending their own privacy for centuries with whispers, darkness, envelopes, closed doors, secret handshakes, and couriers. The technologies of the past did not allow for strong privacy, but electronic technologies do. We the Cypherpunks are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We are defending our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail forwarding systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money. Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can’t get privacy unless we all do, we’re going to write it.”
http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html
Related posts:
When Zero’s Too High: Time preference versus central bankers
Former Fed Banker: Debunking the Myths About Central Banks
Free Market Healthcare in the Former Eastern Bloc
Should Americans Emigrate Or Defect?
Snowden leaks: the real take-home
Top 10 tips to learn a language
What Percentage of My Assets Should I Hold in Precious Metals?
Feds to seize skyscraper, 4 mosques belonging to Iran-linked group [2009]
The Bitcoin Central Bank's Perfect Monetary Policy
Jeffrey Tucker: Let’s Talk About…The Plague
A territorial tax system would help U.S. exports, jobs and prosperity
You Might Not Read This Because It Says the World Is Getting Better
The Fed Doesn't Control as Much as You Think It Does
Boots on the ground in Egypt: trading one dictator for another [2011]
Blowback: How Torture Fuels Terrorism Rather Than Reduces It