Crypto-anarchist
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A proponent of crypto-anarchism.
"The crypto anarchist position is that cyberspace is on a non-stop drift towards crypto anarchy. Powerful encryption algorithms, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES), triple-DES, RSA and IDEA, are readily available at no charge […]"
Example
More examples"The crypto anarchist position is that cyberspace is on a non-stop drift towards crypto anarchy. Powerful encryption algorithms, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES), triple-DES, RSA and IDEA, are readily available at no charge […]"
Etymology
From crypto- + anarchist, popularized by Timothy C. May in The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988).
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