Eric Hughes (cypherpunk)

Eric Hughes is an American mathematician, computer programmer, and cypherpunk. He is considered one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, alongside Timothy C. May and John Gilmore. ^{[1] [2]} He is notable for founding and administering the Cypherpunk mailing list, ^[3] authoring A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, ^{[4] [5]} creating and hosting the first anonymous remailer, ^{[1] [6] [7] [8]} and coining the motto, "Cypherpunks write code". ^[6]

The May/June 1993 issue (vol. 1 no. 2) of Wired featured a cover photo, credited to Larry Dyer, of three masked cypherpunks, of which Hughes was one. ^{[1] [9]}

Hughes argued that a wider acceptance of cryptography and privacy in society is necessary for success. ^[10] He used an example of a Clipper chip as confirmation, where a wide opposition to the chip in society resulted in its rollout halted.

On September 27, 2012, Hughes delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

See also

• Cypherpunk

References

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2. Manne, Robert (16 February 2011). "The Cypherpunk Revolutionary: Julian Assange: the unknown story". The Monthly (published 18 March 2011). pp. 17–35. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
3. Levy, Steven (1 June 1994). "Anonymously Yours — How to Launder Your E-mail". Wired. Vol. 2, no. 6. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
4. Hughes, Eric (9 March 1993). "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto". Activism: Cypherpunks. Archived from the original on 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
5. Stewart Cheifet; Andrew deVries; Jane Wither (1996). Politics on the Web. The Internet Cafe . Additional contributors: supervising producer: Sara O'Brien; producer: Annaliza Savage; videographers: Phil Azzopardi and Ken Butler; audio: Chris Fenwick; utility: Hanns Ullrich; Cyberblast producer: Robbin M. Ray; segment director: Tom van Horn; editor: Robert E. Meyer; post production audio & graphics Kris Richardson; computer technician: Buzz Hague; Cyberblast engineer: Fred Heineman; engineer: Gregg Chadwick; production associate: Tom Schauer; production assistants: Adolfo Leiva, Kevin Long, and Elana McCoy; assistants to the producers: Lisa Pilkin, Mary Anne Sirois, and Tammy Wilson; hair/makeup: Annie Jenkins; executive producer: Stewart Cheifet. CyberSmith internet cafe, Palo Alto, California: PCTV, Inc. Event occurs at 0m31s to 0m35s (teaser) and 9m54s to 16m22s (main content).
6. Bartlett, Jamie (March–April 2016). "Cypherpunks Write Code" . American Scientist. 104 (2): 120. doi:10.1511/2016.119.120. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-09-17. From The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld, by Jamie Bartlett. Copyright © 2015 by Melville House. Used by permission of the publisher.
7. Jennings, Tom (10 October 1992). "Thoughts on Security and Authentication for Email Systems". FidoNews . 9 (41) (published 12 October 1992): 8–12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. "Anyways, security is more than cryptographic strength. Turns out, there's a way around this: anonymous remailers. In a private Internet mailing list Eric Hughes came up with a trick to anonymously remail messages…" – Also available at: https://www.sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/FidoNet/Fido-FidoNet-folder.zip Archived 2023-09-17 at the Wayback Machine path Fido-FidoNet-folder/FILES/fidonet-history/publicke.art, https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1992/10/msg00078.html, http://textfiles.serverrack.net/bbs/FIDONET/JENNINGS/STANDARDS/keys.doc.txt Archived 2023-09-17 at the Wayback Machine , and https://www.scribd.com/document/203979356/Cypherpunk-Mailing-List-1992 Archived 2022-07-28 at the Wayback Machine (starting at page 115).
8. May, Timothy C. (11 November 1992). "Hackers Conference Report". lists.cpunks.org Mailing Lists, Cypherpunks archives 1992-2013. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2023-09-17. Eric Hughes, a mathematician who worked briefly for David Chaum's 'DigiCash' outfit, described anonymous remailers implemented in Perl and now running.
9. Alexander, Anna Goldwater (9 October 2018). "Our Favorite 25 WIRED Covers of All Time". WIRED . ISSN   1059-1028. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
10. Hughes, Eric (14 March 1996). "Kid Gloves or Megaphones, email to Cypherpunk mailing list" . Retrieved 12 November 2025.
11. Reißmann, Ole (9 October 2012). "Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN   2195-1349. Archived from the original on 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
12. cryptoanarchy.wiki (17 June 2018). 2012-09-27 Eric Hughes Keynote at Amsterdam Cryptoparty (audio recording). Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-09-17– via SoundCloud. Eric Hughes, the author of A Cypherpunk's Manifesto nearly two decades before, delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty on 2012-09-27.
13. Hildebrandt, Larissa (17 November 2012). "Amsterdam joins the 'CryptoParty'". Unlike Us. Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
14. Hughes, Eric (2012). Cryptoparty Keynote (audio recording). Cryptoparty 2012 Amsterdam Technologia Incognita. Archived from the original on 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-17– via CryptoHub.nl.
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16. Stumpel, Marc (2 October 2012). "Eric Hughes' keynote address to #CryptoParty Amsterdam: 'Putting the Personal back in Personal Computers.' http://cryptohub.nl/cryptoparty/eric_hughes_cryptoparty.ogg via @drwhax". X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2023-09-17.