"Cypherpunk" vs. "Cryptorebel"

[Lefty]

>On Wed, 6 Jul 1994, Lefty wrote:
>
>> >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".

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