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Listserv started in 1992 for the discussion of strong cryptography. Some 1,400 subscribers at its peak.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Julian Assange
Hacker
3-Jul-1971   Founder of Wikileaks
Jim Bell
Activist
6-Apr-1958   Assassination Politics
Bram Cohen
Computer Programmer
1975   Creator of BitTorrent
John Gilmore
Activist
Aug-1955   Cofounder: EFF, Cypherpunks
Mike Godwin
Attorney
26-Oct-1956   Former General Counsel, Wikimedia
Declan McCullagh
Journalist
1971   CNET Senior Editor
Bruce Schneier
Computer Programmer
15-Jan-1964   Applied Cryptography
John Young
Architect
c. 1936   Cryptome
Phil Zimmermann
Computer Programmer
12-Feb-1954   Creator of PGP




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