On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:10:28AM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: | I don't have a subscription to the online dictionary to | see what they said about it. | cypherpunk, n. Computing slang. A person who uses encryption when sending emails in order to ensure privacy, esp. from government authorities. 1992 Mondo 2000 No. 8. 37/4 I've heard that cypherpunks are already distributing their encrypted email software, which is quick and slick. 1995 Wired Jan. 149/1 Parekh, a young, anarchistic cypherpunk, is dedicated to privacy through strong cryptography. 2005 P. KEEFE Chatter vii. 169 Their articles were translated from Danish into English and French and replicated again and again on the Web, posted on Cryptome and debated by Cypherpunks, forwarded around by e-mail.