John L. Young, the man who created WikiLeaks before WikiLeaks, dies in 89

John d. Young, who is often roll as an unrecognized hero in the digital age and co -founder of the leading transparency platform, on March 28 in New York City. His death, in not revealing his relative identity, stands in a flagrant contradiction with the resounding revelation that determined his pioneering work.

Quietly confessed before ArchinectProfessional Publishing for Architects, on June 4:

John L CryptomeThe post wrote, “He died in March”, but he did not provide any other details. According to New York TimesHe died in the rehabilitation facility in Manhattan.

Decades before working on the concept of organized digital leaks, Young was among the first to understand the deep possibilities of the emerging Internet. He expected his authority to publish the secret government documents via the Internet, and thus enable citizens to information and hold strong accountability for their actions.

Since June 1996 – a full contract before the emergence of WikiLeaks – the generous was an uncompromising publisher for tens of thousands of documents “prohibited by governments around the world, especially those related to freedom of expression, privacy, and encryption science”, as the creators of the site observed accurately. Young Carbtum, who was called “Free Public Library”, founded as real sects for Wikileaks, and publishing raw government documents without fear, both classified and classified.

From the photos of the protection team close to Barack Obama and the full texts of the security arrangements implemented by the US Department of Defense, to detailed plans for sensitive facilities – this was the detection of deception, not WikiLeaks.

At a pivotal moment in 2011, Cryptome topped international addresses by publishing the non -stored version of the 251,000 US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks in 2010. Until then, WikiLeaks and its partners in the media released only thousands of these documents, which analyzes sensitive information such as names and details of communication with individuals.

Critics and the US government have severely argued that the non -deceptive Cryptome publication may endanger the sources mentioned in the documents, especially informants working in the American embassies in authoritarian regimes or war areas.

Although WikiLeaks were a direct competitor in the world of transparency, the youth strongly defended Julian Assange during his lengthy confrontation with the United States government, especially in 2020. The American authorities sought to surrender Assange, accusing him of crimes that involved treason. Young looked at this as persecution and boldly defied the US government for his follow -up.

“I was published on Cleptome.org unstable diplomatic cables on September 1, 2011, under the title URL https://cryptome.org/z/z.7Z, and this post is still available at the present time,” Declare In a united statement of the Ministry of Justice in 2020, a copy of which can be reached on Cryptome.org. “Since I posted on Cryptome.org from the non -stored diplomatic cables, no American law enforcement body has notified that this publication of the cables is illegal, and it consists or contributes to a crime in any way, and they have not asked to remove them.”

With its adult design, Cryptome site Links to each of the host documents and external articles. Young, the architect of Manhattan who also worked as an official on the site, described himself as “amateurs” who are informed, distinguished from a “greater purpose”. This modest nature is the one that distinguishes it; When Julian Assange approached the youth to take over an active role in WikiLeaks, the young man fell with respect.

It is safe to assume that young people were not preferred by US intelligence agencies, which often criticized them to publish very sensitive documents, including lists of agents. Its pioneering website has also faced continuous scrutiny, as it continued to attack “several times a day” from computer robots designed to analyze the content of its pages, a testimony of the constant threat that those who threw their secrets realize.

Young, the leftist activist who graduated from the University of Colombia, survived his wife (Natysius) and three children from his first marriage.