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Mark Klein, a Whistleblower Who Revealed Domestic Spying, Dies at 79 (wsj.com)
NaOH 4 days 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)

superkuh 4 days ago [-]
Dang. Mark Klein and John Young (cryptome) in two days. Information is going to have a harder time being free. :(
ocdtrekkie 4 days ago [-]
Mark passed a month ago, WSJ just finally got around to writing about it.
mewse-hn 4 days ago [-]
Damn, I didn't know that John Young passed.
eth0up 4 days 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 4 days ago [-]
Has it even been posted? I would but I can't find a good source.
schoen 4 days 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 4 days ago [-]
OK wow had no idea about the Cryptome guy. I haven't been in the fedi lately.
ics 4 days ago [-]
What source can you find for John Young? Except for one extremely dubious blogspam link I can't find anything confirming this.
schoen 4 days ago [-]
My only source so far is this anonymous mailing list post.

https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2025-April/0...

rsingel 4 days ago [-]
Mark wrote a slim volume about this. Well worth a read

https://a.co/d/fGvKd3u

Mark was a true American hero.

ThePowerOfFuet 3 days ago [-]
biglyburrito 4 days ago [-]
webspinner 4 days ago [-]
If you didn't, I was going to.
kcatskcolbdi 4 days ago [-]
A hero and a true patriot.
4 days ago [-]
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