diff --git a/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md b/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md index 721bdf3..5e7cb02 100644 --- a/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md +++ b/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md @@ -1203,6 +1203,12 @@ On June 18th, [Patterson](https://web.archive.org/web/20180702091826/https://twi On September 25th, Norton referred to Appelbaum as a "[serial rapist and abuser](https://archive.is/MfvP7)," in asserting that 'be excellent to each other' should no longer be used. On October 21st, Shepard and Norton had a conversation about the "[age](https://archive.is/u6o86)" at which [fascists could be shot](https://archive.is/blDcv), which may have contributed to the former's suspension from **Twitter**. On March 16th 2019, Norton claimed that "[people ignored his rampant plagiarism](https://web.archive.org/web/20190506110158/https:/twitter.com/quinnnorton/status/1106933527596224513?lang=en)," again without giving any examples. +In September 2021, in response to [York's speculation about a documentary](https://archive.ph/ISh2N), Patterson said regarding its producers: "[Yeah I want to find these people, blow up their phones, and make fun of them all over the internet for being the kinds of venal, greedy smoothbrains who would try to venerate such a pathetic douchebag. If this is what they want to do with their lives, I see no reason why they should sleep peacefully at night. They wanna fuck around? They can find out](https://archive.ph/dIVvC)." She asserted that Appelbaum "[got himself installed into a PhD program he isn't competent to complete, thanks to Roger Dingledine, @hyperelliptic, and @hashbreaker (who is still a coward, and no I'm still not going to apologise for having called you that, you pathetic loser)](https://archive.ph/Sge82)." Further, she claimed that he had once avoided her at a train station and this "[cracks me up every time I think about it](https://archive.ph/fWJkD)." In a separate conversation in October, Patterson once again alleged that "[everything he was known for was actually someone else's work](https://archive.ph/hHrbi)," without any examples. + +> Prediction: exactly zero of Jake's fanboys will come after me for taking this position and telling embarrassing stories about him in public. I'm weev-tier as far as they're concerned. *drooling, manic grin* +> +> -- *Meredith Patterson* [@maradydd](https://archive.ph/mSDdO) (September, 2021) + #### Christopher Sheats Christopher Sheats ([@yawnbox](https://web.archive.org/web/20160908143826/https:/twitter.com/yawnbox)), [board chair](https://archive.fo/jyEEc#selection-381.25-393.18) of the [**Seattle Privacy Coalition**](https://web.archive.org/web/20160823181055/https:/twitter.com/SeattlePrivacy) and [technology & library program intern for the **American Civil Liberties Union of Washington**](https://web.archive.org/web/20160915165639/https://aclu-wa.org/blog/organizations-supporting-tor-help-us-help-you), [published](https://web.archive.org/web/20160908123714/https:/twitter.com/yawnbox/status/773716593989648384) a blog post on September 7th containing [his witness account](https://archive.is/zXpAI) regarding the allegations by "River." He described [his brief interaction with her at the Vabali Spa](https://archive.is/zXpAI#selection-77.56-77.877) and the [evening movie session at Appelbaum's apartment](https://archive.is/zXpAI#selection-81.0-169.299), where he saw "[Jacob and River were cuddling throughout the entire movie](https://archive.is/zXpAI#selection-109.0-109.58)." @@ -1303,7 +1309,7 @@ Shepard remarked that Appelbaum "[probably graffitied his own apartment for symp #### Daniel Bernstein -Though he also did not directly mention Appelbaum by name or the allegations, [Daniel J. Bernstein](https://web.archive.org/web/20160607185552/https://twitter.com/hashbreaker), professor of mathematics and computer science at the [**Technische Universiteit Eindhoven**](https://archive.is/7muWD#selection-18219.1-18219.26) where [Appelbaum is currently studying](https://web.archive.org/web/20160914213055/https://www.win.tue.nl/eipsi/staff.html) as a [PhD student](https://web.archive.org/web/20160915180751/https:/twitter.com/ioerror/status/638735997396774912), published [a blog post](https://archive.is/NPmvQ) warning of the consequences of skirting due process. +Though he also did not directly mention Appelbaum by name or the allegations, [Daniel J. Bernstein](https://web.archive.org/web/20160607185552/https://twitter.com/hashbreaker), professor of mathematics and computer science at the [**Technische Universiteit Eindhoven**](https://archive.is/7muWD#selection-18219.1-18219.26) where [Appelbaum is currently](https://web.archive.org/web/20160914213055/https://www.win.tue.nl/eipsi/staff.html) [a PhD student](https://web.archive.org/web/20160915180751/https:/twitter.com/ioerror/status/638735997396774912), published [a blog post](https://archive.is/NPmvQ) warning of the consequences of skirting due process. > Is it really so hard to recognize both of these directions of error? If I prejudge and punish alleged culprits who have not had their day in court, then I will inevitably punish some innocent people: the unfortunate reality is that **many accusations of crimes are false**. If I prejudge and punish accusers who have not had their day in court, then I will inevitably punish some innocent people: the unfortunate reality is that **many accusations of crimes are true**. @@ -1313,9 +1319,9 @@ Though he also did not directly mention Appelbaum by name or the allegations, [D > But not everyone stays calm. Angry people continue to join these mobs. They blog and tweet and report their ill-informed speculations in favor of the accuser or the accused, confident in their own righteousness and blithely unaware of the possibility of being wrong. Ultimately the accused and the accuser are both punished, truth be damned. -On May 1st 2016, Ei/PSI [announced the speakers](https://web.archive.org/web/20170513011949/https:/twitter.com/Ei_PSI/status/859027390542032896?lang=en) for the coming fourth "[Security in Times of Surveillance](https://web.archive.org/web/20170513012046/https://www.win.tue.nl/eipsi/surveillance.html)" event on May 29th. While Appelbaum was not an invited speaker as he was [the prior year](https://archive.is/JzF0j#selection-527.0-533.38) (see '[*The Resignation*](https://github.com/Enegnei/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor/blob/master/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md#the-resignation)'), he was listed as one of the [scientific organizers](https://archive.is/Zlbxp#selection-301.0-301.15). +On May 1st 2016, Ei/PSI had [announced the speakers](https://web.archive.org/web/20170513011949/https:/twitter.com/Ei_PSI/status/859027390542032896?lang=en) for the coming fourth "[Security in Times of Surveillance](https://web.archive.org/web/20170513012046/https://www.win.tue.nl/eipsi/surveillance.html)" event on May 29th. While Appelbaum was not an invited speaker as he was [the prior year](https://archive.is/JzF0j#selection-527.0-533.38) (see '[*The Resignation*](https://github.com/Enegnei/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor/blob/master/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md#the-resignation)'), he was listed as one of the [scientific organizers](https://archive.is/Zlbxp#selection-301.0-301.15). -*Further information can be found [here](https://github.com/Enegnei/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor/blob/master/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md#henry-de-valence).* +*Further context can be found [here](https://github.com/Enegnei/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor/blob/master/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md#henry-de-valence) and [here](https://github.com/Enegnei/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor/blob/master/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md#isis-lovecruft).* #### "Our Response" @@ -1499,6 +1505,8 @@ On April 25th 2021, security engineer and [**Black Hat**](https://archive.is/bpc [Parker Higgins](https://web.archive.org/web/20210421170012/https://freedom.press/people/parker-higgins/), advocacy director at the **Freedom of the Press Foundation** and formerly [a director at the **Electronic Frontier Foundation**](https://web.archive.org/web/20160421193101/https://www.eff.org/about/staff/parker-higgins), has been maintaining [FOIA The Dead](https://web.archive.org/web/20210404094108/https://foiathedead.org/about/), "[a morbid transparency project](https://github.com/thisisparker/ftd/)," since [2017](https://web.archive.org/web/20200110095412/https://twitter.com/FreedomofPress/status/837451481066373120). Now under the "[umbrella](https://web.archive.org/web/2020*/https://twitter.com/FreedomofPress/status/939252074570584064)" of [the non-profit](https://web.archive.org/web/20180219202241/https://freedom.press/news/foia-dead-transparency-site-public-figures-are-dying-get/), it uses "MuckRock to submit and track its requests with the FBI" about "the recently deceased," based on "when somebody's obituary appears in the *New York Times*." They have released over four thousand "[pages of FBI records on 59 public figures](https://web.archive.org/web/20210217230854/https://foiathedead.org/)" from [over eight hundred requests](https://archive.is/m8oEQ) to date. Both Appelbaum and Higgins have made requests [regarding](https://archive.is/tX3oC) [Lamo](https://archive.is/bIebB) and [EFF co-founder](https://web.archive.org/web/20180408003108/https://www.eff.org/john-perry-barlow) [John Perry Barlow](https://archive.is/GCtkz), but Appelbaum's [seven other public figure requests](https://archive.is/ZFk8j) are unique. The structure and language of their requests appear to be modelled after [**MuckRock**](https://web.archive.org/web/20210420165005/https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/profile/morisy/) [co-founder](https://archive.is/9IpyQ) [Michael Morisy](https://web.archive.org/web/20210421155042/https://twitter.com/morisy)'s [2011 request](https://archive.is/S6FhT) on Steve Jobs, which Higgins had [suggested as a template](https://archive.is/PMEdT) in 2016. +In September 2021, York tweeted that she had heard "[a documentary is being made about [Jacob Appelbaum]. I assume it’s more propaganda that won’t bother to look into the abuse, plagiarism, or manipulation. Must be nice to abuse a bunch of women and still get glowing profiles, a documentary, and a musical](https://archive.ph/ISh2N)." + In October 2021, the **Electronic Frontier Foundation** announced that the "[Board of Directors has recently made the difficult decision to vote to remove Gilmore from the Board](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/john-gilmore-leaves-eff-board-becomes-board-member-emeritus)" due to not seeing "eye-to-eye on how to best communicate and work together." Garret complained that the statement didn't mention "[John deciding to stand up for Jake](https://archive.vn/VCv8v)." ### Telekommunisten @@ -1730,6 +1738,8 @@ On September 26th 2021, [**Yahoo! News**](https://archive.is/jTabN) published an > > At the CIA, the new designation meant Assange and WikiLeaks would go from “a target of collection to a target of disruption,” said a former senior CIA official. Proposals began percolating upward within the CIA and the NSC to undertake various disruptive activities — the core of “offensive counterintelligence” — against WikiLeaks. These included paralyzing its digital infrastructure, disrupting its communications, provoking internal disputes within the organization by planting damaging information, and stealing WikiLeaks members’ electronic devices, according to three former officials. +On March 25th 2022, Appelbaum's [PhD thesis](https://web.archive.org/web/20220329071124/https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/communication-in-a-world-of-pervasive-surveillance-sources-and-me) was published and signalled that he had successfully graduated from Eindhoven. On March 28th, [investigative journalist](https://stefaniamaurizi.it/en-idx.html) [Stefania Maurizi](https://archive.ph/i9S8J) congratulated him. Vineetha Paruchuri, a [PhD candidate in Computer and Information Science at the **University of Pennsylvania**](https://archive.ph/Clpa2) under [**Tor Project** board member Blaze](https://archive.ph/VAhIB#selection-501.0-501.10), proceeded to repeatedly denounce him as an "[abuser, rapist, and plagiarizer](https://archive.ph/3XaQj)," [along with](https://archive.ph/UFV4B) [Weaver](https://archive.ph/yDy2p), [de Valence](https://archive.ph/b6sb2), [Lowenthal](https://archive.ph/6oVjb), [Emma Best](https://archive.ph/e2qui), and [**Mnemonic**](https://archive.ph/96fs1#selection-231.0-231.11) associate director [Dia Kayyali](https://archive.ph/Qw3uV). Like others, Kayyali had promoted Appelbaum's work [until at least the end of 2015](https://archive.ph/C0Gj9), and then [supported](https://archive.ph/L2npQ) [the](https://archive.ph/DAmZL) [allegations](https://archive.ph/9MoxD) [against](https://archive.ph/5Utzd) [him](https://archive.ph/Obenq). On March 30th, Garrett asserted, "[I managed to get a PhD without sexually assaulting anyone so I assume mine is more valuable than his](https://archive.ph/WIWei)," and contended that [he should not be allowed](https://archive.ph/AwjVn) to continue lecturing at *Berner Fachhochschule* (BFH) either. + ## Todd v. Lovecruft ![front page of legal document](https://archive.fo/O69iK/cf2cc3cc82567c753f4965c293bae3fa8849960a.jpeg)