# Cypherpunk Manifesto

By [ZKSTX](https://paragraph.com/@zkstx) · 2022-06-06

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Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.

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*Originally published on [ZKSTX](https://paragraph.com/@zkstx/cypherpunk-manifesto)*