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From "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse" [0]: > The term was coined by Timothy C. May in 1988, who referred to them as "child pornographers, terrorists, drug de
by jlgaddis 7y ago
From "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse" [0]:
> The term was coined by Timothy C. May in 1988, who referred to them as "child pornographers, terrorists, drug dealers, etc." when discussing the reasons for limited civilian use of cryptography tools.
From "CypherPunk FAQ" [1]:
> 8.3.4. "How will privacy and anonymity be attacked?"
> ... like so many other "computer hacker" items, as a tool for the "Four Horsemen": drug-dealers, money-launderers, terrorists, and pedophiles.
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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...
[1]: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/cyphernomicon/CP-FAQ http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/crypt...