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'''Cryptome''' is a web site set up by New York architect John Young. It has been running since 1996. | '''Cryptome''' is a web site set up by New York architect John Young. It has been running since 1996. Young has been described as "the original WikiLeaker".<ref>{{citation | ||
| title = The Original WikiLeaker | |||
| journal = New York Observer | |||
| date = Dec 7, 2010 | |||
| author = Thomas Golianopoulos | |||
| url = http://www.observer.com/2010/media/original-wikileaker?utm_medium=partial-text&utm_campaign=home}}</ref> | |||
{{quotation|Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance -- open, secret and classified documents -- but not limited to those. Documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. No court order has ever been served; any order served will be published here -- or elsewhere if gagged by order. Bluffs will be published if comical but otherwise ignored.<ref>Cryptome web site, www.cryptome.org</ref>}} | {{quotation|Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance -- open, secret and classified documents -- but not limited to those. Documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. No court order has ever been served; any order served will be published here -- or elsewhere if gagged by order. Bluffs will be published if comical but otherwise ignored.<ref>Cryptome web site, www.cryptome.org</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 02:21, 8 December 2010
Cryptome is a web site set up by New York architect John Young. It has been running since 1996. Young has been described as "the original WikiLeaker".[1]
Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance -- open, secret and classified documents -- but not limited to those. Documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. No court order has ever been served; any order served will be published here -- or elsewhere if gagged by order. Bluffs will be published if comical but otherwise ignored.[2]
Young was a participant on the cypherpunks mailing list.
References
- ↑ Thomas Golianopoulos (Dec 7, 2010), "The Original WikiLeaker", New York Observer
- ↑ Cryptome web site, www.cryptome.org