Remembering John Young, Co-founder of Web Archive Cryptome (theregister.com)
(Monday May 26, 2025 @11:57PM (msmash)
from the rip dept.)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/27/029233/remembering-john-young-co-founder-of-web-archive-cryptome
- Source link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/24/john_young_obituary/
New submitter [1]zuki shares an obit [2]published at The Register :
> John Young, the co-founder of the legendary internet archive Cryptome, died at the age of 89 on March 28. The Register talked to friends and peers who gave tribute to a bright, pugnacious man who was devoted to the public's right to know.
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> Before WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks, BayFiles, or Transparency Toolkit, there was Cryptome - an open internet archive that inspired them all, helped ignite the first digital crypto war, and even gave Julian Assange his start before falling out with him on principle.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~zuki
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/24/john_young_obituary/
> John Young, the co-founder of the legendary internet archive Cryptome, died at the age of 89 on March 28. The Register talked to friends and peers who gave tribute to a bright, pugnacious man who was devoted to the public's right to know.
>
> Before WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks, BayFiles, or Transparency Toolkit, there was Cryptome - an open internet archive that inspired them all, helped ignite the first digital crypto war, and even gave Julian Assange his start before falling out with him on principle.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~zuki
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/24/john_young_obituary/
Re: Mixed feelings about this (Score:2)
by 50000BTU_barbecue ( 588132 )
Sure, blame everyone except the real culprits, then wonder why society doesn't work anymore.
Blame Russia while you're at it, doofus.
Hint for the intellectually bereft: it's your fault, not the whistleblower, not the guy 6000 miles away.
Hopefully new hands will take up the heavy load (Score:2)
of defending the public's domain against the corruption of copyright and continue the fight against classism. We desperately need people to ensure the rights we fought for are not swept away by the selfish, insatiable and irresponsible interests of the upper classes; as there's so little real freedom left. At this rate we and our culture will be owned and controlled by elites; welcome to our plutocracy.
upper class is not your enemy unless you make them (Score:2)
Being a dick is independent to how much money you have. You should like the rich, they pay far more taxes in absolute terms (and usually as a percentage of earnings), they invest and take risks. They own the means of production that makes the poor more productive. They buy/build and maintain the housing that most of the poor live in. If you don't like the arrangement you are free to get together with others in your "class" and create your own communist paradise. Heck you can collect welfare and have yo
Re: upper class is not your enemy unless you make (Score:2)
Thank you, sir! May I have another?