Cypherpunk
（重定向自Cypherpunks）
![John Gilmore is one of the founders of the Cypherpunks mailing list, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Cygnus Solutions. He created the alt.* hierarchy in Usenet and is a major contributor to the GNU Project.](/Images/godic/202501/07/John_Gilmore_20093012.jpg")
![Julian Assange, a well-known cypherpunk who advocates for the use of cryptography to ensure privacy on the Internet](/Images/godic/202501/07/Julian_Assange_in_Ecuadorian_Embassy_cropped3012.jpg")
A cypherpunk is any activist advocating widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a route to social and political change. Originally communicating through the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list, informal groups aimed to achieve privacy and security through proactive use of cryptography. Cypherpunks have been engaged in an active movement since the late 1980s.