Eric Hughes (cypherpunk)

Eric Hughes is an American cypherpunk. A mathematician at University of California, Berkeley in the early 1990s, Hughes is considered one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, alongside Timothy C. May and John Gilmore.[1] He is also notable for founding the Cypherpunk mailing list,[2] authoring A Cypherpunk's Manifesto,[3] and creating the first anonymous remailer.[4][5]

The May/June 1993 issue of Wired featured a cover photo of three masked cypherpunks, of which Hughes was one.

On September 27, 2012, Hughes delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Manne, Robert. The Cypherpunk Revolutionary: Julian Assange. The Monthly. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  2. ↑ Levy, Steven. Anonymously Yours -- How to Launder Your E-mail. Wired. 1994-06-01.
  3. ↑ Hughes, Eric. A Cypherpunk's Manifesto Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  4. ↑ Tom Jennings (1992). "Thoughts on Security and Authentication for Email Systems". FidoNews. Anyways, security is more than cryptographic strength. Turns out, there's a way around this: anonymous remailers. In a private Internet mailing list Eric Hughes came up with a trick to anonymously remail messages…
  5. ↑ Timothy C. May (11 November 1992). "Hackers Conference Report". Cypherpunks. Eric Hughes, a mathematician who worked briefly for David Chaum's 'DigiCash' outfit, described anonymous remailers implemented in Perl and now running.
  6. ↑ "Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  7. ↑ Cory Doctorow. "CryptoParty: like a Tupperware party for learning crypto". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
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