San Francisco is where the cypherpunks were named and where their mailing list ran
SEP 25 1992 · 12:00
Video: Phil Zimmerman, 'father' of online privacy and winner of the cryptowars against the US - Newsnight San Francisco is where the cypherpunks were named and where their mailing list ran The term was coined at a meeting in Oakland in late 1992; the list was hosted on John Gilmore's personal server at toad.com. [Source: cyberpunkoracle.com]
Source: cyberpunkoracle.com
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