On Wed, 6 Jul 1994, Lefty wrote:

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I like the label "cryptorebel" better than "cypherpunk". The word "punk" just does not seem right, while "rebel" does. I do have a certain attachment to "cypherpunk". Comments?

If it weren't for nitpickers, we'd all be knee-deep in nits.

There is too much "name recognition" in "cypherpunk" for it to be dropped now...IMHO.

A more serious problem with the name "cryptorebel", which did not immediately occur to me, is that crypto-whatever generally means "someone who denies being a 'whatever' but, in fact, is one". In the words of Inigo Montoya, "You keep using that word, but I don't think it means what _you_ think it does". -- Lefty (lefty@apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.