> [!info] Note metadata > **Title:** Privacy Versus Secrecy > **Tags:** Decentralization, Well-Being > **Type:** Reference > **Reference:** Hughes E. A Cypherpunk's Manifesto. activism.net. 1993. 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. **[Source](https://activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html)**