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Martin Hellman
Personal blog · nuclearrisk.wordpress.compoliticssecurity
Martin Hellman writes Defusing the Nuclear Threat, a personal blog at nuclearrisk.wordpress.com about politics and security. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Martin Hellman's blog, co-inventor of public key cryptography, for its writing on the risks of stumbling into nuclear war, and for his plans for his Turing Award share.
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What Hacker News says?
Martin Hellman explains what he plans to do with his share of the Turing Award money: https://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/the-turing-awar...
Comment linking /2016/03/01/the-turing-award-nuclear-risk-and-recapturing-true-love/
on “Diffie and Hellman Win Turing Award”Submitted JFK’s Airstrike Speech (2012) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMartin Hellman (yes, the co-inventor of public key cryptography) has a fascinating blog about the risks of stumbling into a nuclear war: https://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/
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on “Nukes ready to fly”Submitted Martin Hellman's Nuclear Risk blog as a story · 1 points
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