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This first edition selects six historical documents around Eric Hughes, Tim May, John Gilmore and the debates surrounding them. It is a curated reading room, not a complete archive or a claim to speak for the cypherpunk movement.
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Editorial introductions are newly written summaries. Quotation marks identify short source excerpts. Panel contributions retain their speaker attribution. May’s manifesto is ordered by its stated 1988 composition date, while its 1992 posting date is shown separately. No historical claims are silently turned into promises about current technology.
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Original EFF material may be redistributed under its stated copyright policy ↗; that permission does not cover everything EFF hosts. The 16 April 1993 EFF analysis is reproduced unchanged under CC BY 4.0 ↗, with our introduction and HTML formatting separate. Other entries contain summaries and brief excerpts only. Source access does not establish ownership or a blanket mirroring licence.
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Source register
- The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto ↗ — activism.net historical copy
- Who Holds the Keys? ↗ — EFF historical archive · CFP conference transcript
- A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto ↗ — activism.net historical copy
- Initial EFF Analysis of Clinton Privacy and Security Proposal ↗ — Electronic Frontier Foundation
- The Impact of a Secret Cryptographic Standard ↗ — EFF historical archive · statement to Boucher’s committee
- A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace ↗ — EFF · John Perry Barlow Library