Mark Klein, a Whistleblower Who Revealed Domestic Spying, Dies at 79

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• NaOH 7 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 7 days ago
  Dang. Mark Klein and John Young (cryptome) in two days. Information is going to have a harder time being free. :(
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  • ocdtrekkie 7 days ago
    Mark passed a month ago, WSJ just finally got around to writing about it.
  • mewse-hn 7 days ago
    Damn, I didn't know that John Young passed.
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    • eth0up 7 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.

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      • masfuerte 6 days ago
        Has it even been posted? I would but I can't find a good source.
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        • schoen 6 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 7 days ago
    OK wow had no idea about the Cryptome guy. I haven't been in the fedi lately.
  • ics 6 days ago
    What source can you find for John Young? Except for one extremely dubious blogspam link I can't find anything confirming this.
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    • schoen 6 days ago
      My only source so far is this anonymous mailing list post.

      https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2025-April/0...
• rsingel 7 days ago
  Mark wrote a slim volume about this. Well worth a read

  https://a.co/d/fGvKd3u

  Mark was a true American hero.

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  • ThePowerOfFuet 6 days ago
    Tracking-free link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439229961
• biglyburrito 7 days ago
  https://archive.md/ur1kt
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  • webspinner 7 days ago
    If you didn't, I was going to.
• kcatskcolbdi 7 days ago
  A hero and a true patriot.