John Young (Cryptome)

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John Young is a New York based architect, but is better known as the controversial Internet activist who created and maintains Cryptome.org. Cryptome is a web-based mirror of government information, memorandums, policy documents, and records.

In his capacity as administrator of Cryptome, Young has courted controversy, receiving visits from the FBI[1], subpoenas[2], Slashdot interviews[3], and an attack in Reader's Digest[4].

Public opinion on Cryptome is varied. Stewart Baker, former general counsel for the National Security Agency, opined to Reader's Digest: "If the material is leaked to you, you can probably publish that ... unfortunately, it's not illegal to be a jerk."[5]

[edit] Related topics

  • Jim Bell, a convicted crypto-anarchist terrorist whose ideas Young admired

[edit] References

  1. ^ Politech: [Politech] Cryptome's John Young describes visit by two FBI agents
  2. ^ FC: Massachusetts AG serves cryptome.org with subpoena for logs
  3. ^ Slashdot | Ask Cryptome's John Young Whatever You'd Like
  4. ^ Reader 's Digest: Shut Down Dangerous Websites : SF Indymedia
  5. ^ That's Outrageous - Let's Shut These Websites Down | Michael Crowley | Reader's Digest

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