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Cryptome

Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios closed in 2023 and reopened soon afterward. The site collected information about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy.

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Available in
English
Current status
Active
Editors
John Young Deborah Natsios
Launched
June 1996; 30 years ago (1996-06)
Type of site
Document archive
URL
Official website

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Cryptome

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Edges113
Triples173
Avg. degree1.98
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related to history · 76
Cryptome → According, After, Assange's, Bush, Cablegate, Cartome, CIA, Coast Guard's Deepwater, Cryptome's, Cryptome's Earthlink, Cypherpunks, Declan McCullagh, Director General Hidenao Toyoshima, DMCA, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, FBI, GCHQ, Guccifer, Hironari Noda
related to Deborah Natsios · 26
Cryptome → Architectures, Asia, Cartome, CIA, Columbia University, Deborah Natsios, Design, Edward Snowden, Europe, Fear, Future, In, Jim Bell, Natsios Young Architects, Parsons The New School, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, She, Smith College, South America
related to John Young · 26
Cryptome → American Society, Certificate, Chrysler Award, Citizens Union, City, Civil Engineers, Columbia University, Design, Engineers, Germany, He, His, In, Innovation, John Young, Legal Aid Society, Mechanical Engineers, New York, New York City Council, Rice University
related to Reception · 12
Cryptome → Advise, Best, Iraq War, NYC, Public, Reader's Digest, Terrorists, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Tip Off, Wired, Young
related to Policies · 11
Cryptome → Facts, For, However, In, No, That, The, US, We, When, Young
related to Relationship to WikiLeaks · 8
Cryptome → Cypherpunks, In, John Young, Julian Assange, Natsios, On January, WikiLeaks, Young
see also · 4
Cryptome → Black VaultWikiLeaks, Denial, Freedom, SecretsEspionageOpen
related to External links · 2
Cryptome → Internet Archive, Official
Available in · 1
Cryptome → English
Current status · 1
Cryptome → Active

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CryptomeAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
CryptomeCurrent statusActive1.00infobox
CryptomeEditorsJohn Young Deborah Natsios1.00infobox
CryptomeLaunchedJune 1996; 30 years ago (1996-06)1.00infobox
CryptomeType of siteDocument archive1.00infobox
CryptomeURLOfficial website1.00infobox
Cryptomeis aonline library and 5010.90text
the Electronic Frontier Foundationinstance ofCryptome republished the already public surveillance disclosures of Edward Snowden and claimed in June 2014 that they would publish all unreleased Snowden documents later that m…0.80text
Cryptomerelated to Deborah NatsiosDeborah Natsios0.60section
Cryptomerelated to Deborah NatsiosCIA0.60section
Cryptomerelated to Deborah NatsiosEurope0.60section
Cryptomerelated to Deborah NatsiosAsia0.60section

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