19 Apr
1993
19 Apr
'93
5:40 p.m.
In the light of recent developments concerning government cryptography initiatives, we might soon find ourselves innundated by working press.
Given this, I think that the name "cypherpunks" produces the wrong connotations -- it makes us sound like criminals when we are in fact people who are interested in expanding personal privacy with technology. Often, little things like this end up being of tremendous importance in the long haul.
I would propose changing the name of the mailing list to "cryptoprivacy" or something similar.
How about Cypherfolks? Cryptoids? PrivacyWarriors? :) dave