- John Young (Cryptome)
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 [ [http://seclists.org/lists/politech/2003/Nov/0074.html Politech: [Politech Cryptome's John Young describes visit by two FBI agents ] ] , subpoenas [ [http://www.fitug.de/news/newsticker/newsticker140103155237.html FC: Massachusetts AG serves cryptome.org with subpoena for logs ] ] ,Slashdot interviews [ [http://slashdot.org/interviews/01/10/29/2330241.shtml Slashdot | Ask Cryptome's John Young Whatever You'd Like ] ] , and an attack in "Reader's Digest " [http://web.archive.org/web/20050225010345/http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/1711403.php Reader 's Digest: Shut Down Dangerous Websites : SF Indymedia ] ] .Public opinion on Cryptome is varied.
Stewart Baker , former general counsel for theNational 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." [ [http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=19203 That's Outrageous - Let's Shut These Websites Down | Michael Crowley | Reader's Digest ] ]See also
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Jim Bell , a convicted crypto-anarchist terrorist whose ideas Young admiredReferences
External links
* [http://jya.com/ John Young Architect]
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