John Young, RIP

While traveling abroad recently, I was saddened to learn that New York architect John Young, who co-founded the website Cryptome, died on 28 March 2025. He was 89 years old. Cryptome was and remains a site dedicated to making documents available to the public that governments would rather keep secret. I was in communication (usually … Read more

Developer’s Silence Raises Concern About Surespot Encrypted Messenger

In June 2014, I suggested Surespot Encrypted Messenger to visitors to AntiPolygraph.org as a secure means of contacting me, and I’ve been including my Surespot address (georgemaschke) in my signature block on message board posts and e-mails, as well as on AntiPolygraph.org’s contact page. Now I’m not so sure about Surespot. I fear the developer … Read more

An Attempted Entrapment

In May 2013, I was the target of an attempted entrapment.1 Whether it was a federal agent attempting to entrap me on a contrived material support for terrorism charge or simply an individual’s attempt to embarrass me and discredit AntiPolygraph.org remains unclear. In this post, I will provide a full public accounting of the attempt, … Read more