introduction of Cypherpunks (Freedom and the Future of the Internet)

We discovered something. Our one hope against total domination. A hope that with courage, insight and solidarity we could use to resist. A strange property of the physical universe that we live in.

The universe believes in encryption.

It is easier to encrypt information than it is to decrypt it.

— Julian Assange, in the introduction of Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet