cryptolibertarianism

English

Alternative forms

  • crypto-libertarianism

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ libertarianism.

Noun

cryptolibertarianism (uncountable)

  1. A libertarian philosophy which centres the role of cryptography in privacy, freedom, and decentralisation.
    • 1998 July, Dan Tebbutt, “Crypto-Warrior”, in Australian Personal Computer‎[1], volume XCI, number 24, page 9:
      Parekh is also known as an advocate of what is dubbed 'cryptolibertarianism', which advocates radical personal and corporate liberty backed by strong cryptography as the ultimate guarantee of privacy.
    • 2023, Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski, “EU Citizenship and the Young People in the Peripheral Areas of East Central Europe: Three Recommendations for Research on Citizenship”, in Astrid Lorenz, Lisa H. Anders, editors, EU Citizenship Beyond Urban Centres: Perceptions and Practices of Young People in East Central European Peripheral Areas‎[2], page 241:
      It follows anarchistic fantasies which often assume the forms of crypto-libertarianism, combined with a belief in the freedom of the markets and civil liberties without the presence of the state.
    • 2020, Thomas Rid, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare‎[3], unnumbered page:
      Activist internet culture shrouded what used to be a shadowy intelligence tactic in a new, star-spangled cloak of crypto-libertarianism.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cryptolibertarianism.
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