Mark Klein, a Whistleblower Who Revealed Domestic Spying, Dies at 79 (wsj.com) 91 points by Gabriel54 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] superkuh 1y ago ↗ Dang. Mark Klein and John Young (cryptome) in two days. Information is going to have a harder time being free. :( [–] mewse-hn 1y ago ↗ Damn, I didn't know that John Young passed. [–] eth0up 1y ago ↗ Why the fuck this isn't on the front page will haunt me until I meet him again and ask, on the yonder side.I didn't know until I read your comment. [–] masfuerte 1y ago ↗ Has it even been posted? I would but I can't find a good source. [–] schoen 1y ago ↗ I've only seen a single-sentence post on the cryptography mailing list by someone I don't know. (I think the news is true, but it's not the clearest source!) [–] ocdtrekkie 1y ago ↗ Mark passed a month ago, WSJ just finally got around to writing about it. [–] webspinner 1y ago ↗ OK wow had no idea about the Cryptome guy. I haven't been in the fedi lately. [–] ics 1y ago ↗ What source can you find for John Young? Except for one extremely dubious blogspam link I can't find anything confirming this. [–] schoen 1y ago ↗ My only source so far is this anonymous mailing list post.https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2025-April/0...
[–] mewse-hn 1y ago ↗ Damn, I didn't know that John Young passed. [–] eth0up 1y ago ↗ Why the fuck this isn't on the front page will haunt me until I meet him again and ask, on the yonder side.I didn't know until I read your comment. [–] masfuerte 1y ago ↗ Has it even been posted? I would but I can't find a good source. [–] schoen 1y ago ↗ I've only seen a single-sentence post on the cryptography mailing list by someone I don't know. (I think the news is true, but it's not the clearest source!)
[–] eth0up 1y ago ↗ Why the fuck this isn't on the front page will haunt me until I meet him again and ask, on the yonder side.I didn't know until I read your comment. [–] masfuerte 1y ago ↗ Has it even been posted? I would but I can't find a good source. [–] schoen 1y ago ↗ I've only seen a single-sentence post on the cryptography mailing list by someone I don't know. (I think the news is true, but it's not the clearest source!)
[–] masfuerte 1y ago ↗ Has it even been posted? I would but I can't find a good source. [–] schoen 1y ago ↗ I've only seen a single-sentence post on the cryptography mailing list by someone I don't know. (I think the news is true, but it's not the clearest source!)
[–] schoen 1y ago ↗ I've only seen a single-sentence post on the cryptography mailing list by someone I don't know. (I think the news is true, but it's not the clearest source!)
[–] webspinner 1y ago ↗ OK wow had no idea about the Cryptome guy. I haven't been in the fedi lately.
[–] ics 1y ago ↗ What source can you find for John Young? Except for one extremely dubious blogspam link I can't find anything confirming this. [–] schoen 1y ago ↗ My only source so far is this anonymous mailing list post.https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2025-April/0...
[–] schoen 1y ago ↗ My only source so far is this anonymous mailing list post.https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2025-April/0...
[–] NaOH 1y ago ↗ Previous discussion:Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying, has died - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43347662 - Mar 2025 (375 comments)
[–] biglyburrito 1y ago ↗ https://archive.md/ur1kt [–] webspinner 1y ago ↗ If you didn't, I was going to.
[–] rsingel 1y ago ↗ Mark wrote a slim volume about this. Well worth a readhttps://a.co/d/fGvKd3uMark was a true American hero. [–] ThePowerOfFuet 1y ago ↗ Tracking-free link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439229961
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 22.1 ms ] threadI didn't know until I read your comment.
https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2025-April/0...
Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying, has died - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43347662 - Mar 2025 (375 comments)
https://a.co/d/fGvKd3u
Mark was a true American hero.