[abc-xyz]

Speaking of shadowsocks, I really feel sorry for the author.. I believe his final words were "I hope one day I'll live in a country where I have freedom to write any code I like without fearing"

[wiremaus]

Here's some possible evidence that they're alive and well.

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http...

[seppin]

If he's referring to China, sadly he probably won't live to see that day.

[emilfihlman]

Can you share more on this?

[abc-xyz]

This is the HN thread from the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10101469

His GitHub went quiet after that, but as wiremaus points out, he seems to be alive and well based on his twitter posts.