"In 1992, inspired by his example, a band of mathematicians, computer scientists, and software engineers based primarily in the San Francisco area began to discuss ways to defend personal privacy in the computer age. They were brought together by an intense ideological commitment to privacy and free speech, and by an anarchistic mistrust of government and big business. They dedicated themselves to creating and widely disseminating the best cryptography possible, for all to use. They called themselves the Cypherpunks." The article is mainly about the burgeoning privacy business, interviews with folks from Zero Knowledge and such. Link to the quote: http://theatlantic.com/issues/2001/03/lester2.htm (about halfway down the page) Link to the article's first page: http://theatlantic.com/issues/2001/03/lester.htm sparky