Was there any privacy aspect of gopher?

tags:: #privacy #technology projects::hist1900-memex/docs/source_notes/@franaWebThereWas2004

“He also did battle with the notorious Internet Worm in 1988.” (Frana, 2004, p. 21)

Did McCahills battle with the internet worm cause him to worry about privacy when creating Gopher? If I am correct, this time period was right when people were starting to realize that personal privacy on the internet was going to be an important factor, thinking about encryption etc.

importance of personal privacy