Hughes, Eric (1993) “A Cypherpunk's Manifesto” “Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.”

A Cypherpunk's Manifesto | Satoshi Nakamoto Institute

By Eric Hughes, March 9, 1993