Cypherpunks make the OED :-)

James Gleick's NYT article on the OED mentions
"cypherpunk"
among the words recently added to the dictionary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/magazine
/05cyber.html?pagewanted=all

The page requires registration to access, though there are
enough
popular pseudonyms that have done so; I don't know if any of
the
"cypherpunks/somepassword" combinations still
work;
I've been using one of the no-response email systems for my
login.

http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html

I don't have a subscription to the online dictionary to
see what they said about it.



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On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:10:28 -0800, Bill Stewart
<bill.stewartpobox.com>
wrote:

> James Gleick's NYT article on the OED mentions
"cypherpunk"
> among the words recently added to the dictionary.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/magazine
/05cyber.html?pagewanted=all
> 
> The page requires registration to access, though there
are enough
> popular pseudonyms that have done so; I don't know if
any of the
> "cypherpunks/somepassword" combinations still
work;
> I've been using one of the no-response email systems
for my login.
> 
> http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html
> 
> I don't have a subscription to the online dictionary to
> see what they said about it.
>

University libraries are useful...


	Cypherpunk, n.

	Computing slang.

	    A person who uses encryption when sending emails in
order to
	ensure privacy, esp. from government authorities. 1992
Mondo 2000
	No. 8. 37/4 I've heard that cypherpunks are already
distributing
	their encrypted email software, which is quick and slick.
1995
	Wired Jan. 149/1 Parekh, a young, anarchistic cypherpunk,
is
	dedicated to privacy through strong cryptography. 2005 P.
KEEFE
	Chatter vii. 169 Their articles were translated from Danish
into
	English and French and replicated again and again on the
Web,
	posted on Cryptome and debated by Cypherpunks, forwarded
around by
	e-mail.

They are open to comments and criticisms...  One caveat: for
citations,
they want *only* written works for the citation section.

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