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name: John Gilmore
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# John Gilmore

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## Cultural Context

John Gilmore co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Cypherpunks mailing list. He famously said "the Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it," helping establish the principle that digital privacy is a fundamental right.

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Co-founded both the EFF and the Cypherpunks mailing list. "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it" — one sentence that defined the ethos the collection inherits.
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**Swag Score:** 5