RIP Mark Klein, the engineer who exposed US domestic spying ops after wiring it up

AT&T engineer, and the Deep Throat of the network age, dies at 79 In 2006, a retired AT&T engineer knocked on the door of the EFF's office in a rundown part of San Francisco's Mission district and asked, "Do you folks care about privacy?" With him he carried schematics exposing the largest US government domestic spying operation since Watergate.…

Mar 15, 2025 - 17:32
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RIP Mark Klein, the engineer who exposed US domestic spying ops after wiring it up

AT&T engineer, and the Deep Throat of the network age, dies at 79

In 2006, a retired AT&T engineer knocked on the door of the EFF's office in a rundown part of San Francisco's Mission district and asked, "Do you folks care about privacy?" With him he carried schematics exposing the largest US government domestic spying operation since Watergate.…