Jacob Appelbaum: Difference between revisions

| caption = Jacob Appelbaum at the Congress on Privacy & Surveillance (2013) of the [[École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne|École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)]].

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|1}}

| fields = [[Computer security]], [[Cryptography]]

| workplaces = [[University of Washington]],<ref name="tor">{{cite web |url=https://www.torproject.org/about/corepeople.html |title=Tor Project: Core People |publisher=Tor |access-date=13 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722020641/https://www.torproject.org/about/corepeople.html |archive-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref><br />[[Eindhoven University of Technology]],<ref name="phd_eindhoven">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/638735997396774912|title=Today is my first day as a PhD student with @hyperelliptic and @hashbreaker at @tue_mcs. #pqc|first=Jacob|last=Appelbaum|date=Sep 1, 2015|access-date=Sep 5, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221194936/https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/638735997396774912|url-status=live}}</ref><br />[[Noisebridge]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Ioerror |title=Noisebridge user page |publisher=Noisebridge |access-date=11 October 2011 |archive-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227091257/https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Ioerror |url-status=live }}</ref><br />[[WikiLeaks]]

| awards = 2014 [[Henri Nannen Prize]]

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Appelbaum studied at the [[Eindhoven University of Technology]] and was a core member of the [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor Project]], a [[free software]] network designed to provide online [[Anonymizer|anonymity]], until he stepped down from his position after multiple victims came forward with [[sexual abuse]] and rape allegations in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.torproject.org/jacob-appelbaum-leaves-tor-project/ | title=Jacob Appelbaum leaves the Tor Project | publisher=Tor Project | date=2 June 2016 | access-date=10 July 2022 | archive-date=10 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710180406/https://blog.torproject.org/jacob-appelbaum-leaves-tor-project/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Farivar-2016-06-05">{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/tor-developer-jacob-appelbaum-quits-after-sexual-mistreatment-allegations/ | title=Tor developer Jacob Appelbaum quits after "sexual mistreatment" allegations | publisher=Conde Nast | website=[[Ars Technica]] | date=5 June 2016 | access-date=5 June 2016 | author=Farivar, Cyrus | archive-date=7 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607014123/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/tor-developer-jacob-appelbaum-quits-after-sexual-mistreatment-allegations/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ioerror-denies-allegations">{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/739731362404536320 | title=Twitlonger - When you talk too much for Twitter | date=6 June 2016 | access-date=10 July 2022 | author=Abbelbaum, Jacob | archive-date=10 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710180359/https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/739731362404536320 | url-status=live }}</ref> He was among several people to work with [[NSA]] contractor [[Edward Snowden]]'s top secret documents released in 2013.<ref name="breakin"/> His journalistic work has been published in ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' and elsewhere. Appelbaum is also known for representing [[WikiLeaks]].<ref name="roll2010"/> He has displayed his art in a number of institutions across the world and has collaborated with artists such as [[Laura Poitras]], [[Trevor Paglen]], and [[Ai Weiwei]].<ref name="NYT Dissent" />