In Memoriam: John L. Young (EFF)

[Posted May 16, 2025 by corbet]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted a somewhat belated memorial for John Young, the founder of Cryptome.

John was one of the early, under-recognized heroes of the digital age. He not only saw the promise of digital technology to help democratize access to information, he brought that idea into being and nurtured it for many years. We will miss him and his unswerving commitment to the public's right to know.

Good Riddance?

Posted May 17, 2025 11:11 UTC (Sat) by domdfcoding (guest, #159754) [Link] (3 responses)

Editor's note: inappropriate comment deleted. - jzb

Good Riddance?

Posted May 17, 2025 15:43 UTC (Sat) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link] (2 responses)

I think, this comment should just be deleted.

Good Riddance?

Posted May 18, 2025 6:21 UTC (Sun) by westerntelegraphic (subscriber, #132321) [Link] (1 responses)

I agree. Please delete it.

Good Riddance?

Posted May 18, 2025 16:35 UTC (Sun) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link]

We don't, as a rule, delete comments - but we will remove offensive comments when necessary as I've done here.

It's best to report these types of things to lwn@lwn.net rather than in the comments. We do try to monitor all comments, of course, but we definitely read everything that comes to the group inbox. That's the fastest and surest way to report anything (typos, errors, news, and site problems).

Thanks for your comments.