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Re: Cypherpunks Press release



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> We've seen the word "hacker" kicked around rather arbitrarily in the press.
> Are we to conclude that the cypherpunks are a bunch of hackers? I think its
> time for some cypherpunks spin. How about a logo *and* a press release? The
> press release would give contacts (email, phone, etc.) so that someone on
> this list would be contacted by journalists when a crypto story breaks.
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> If we get enough volunteers, we can fax blanket every newspaper, station,
> and network in the world.
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(<Sigh> hate to suggest this, but someone has to throw the idea out.)
We could always threaten to sue for defamation...
(You can fill in any one of a number of differences between
the canonical cypherpunk vs. hacker/cracker.)

Specify the clarification has to include logo.

sdw
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