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posted by martyb on Thursday August 27 2020, @11:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the CoC dept.

Software engineer, Debian developer, and recognized Free/Open Source Software innovator Daniel Pocock scratches the surface on the 2016 explusion of journalist, security researcher, and hacker Jacob Appelbaum from Debian. He asserts that the leadership in Debian at the time falsified evidence and hid conflicts of interest when dealing with the allegations against Appelbaum.

In 2016, there was an enormous amount of noise about Jacob Appelbaum from the Tor Project and winner of the Henri Nannen Prize for journalism.

An anonymous web site had been set up with allegations of harassment, abuse and rape. Unlike the #MeToo movement, which came later, nobody identified themselves and nobody filed a police complaint. It appears that the site was run by people who live in another country and have no daily contact with Appelbaum. Therefore, many people feel this wasn't about justice or immediate threats to their safety.

Long discussions took place in the private mailing lists of many free software communities, including Debian. Personally, as a I focus on my employer, clients and family and as there are so many long email discussions in Debian, I don't follow most of these things. I've come to regret that as it is now clear that at least some claims may have been falsified, a serious injustice has transpired and this could have been easily detected.

I don't wish to discount the experiences of anybody who has been a victim of a crime. However, in the correspondence that was circulated within Debian, the only person who has technically been harassed is Jacob Appelbaum himself. If Appelbaum does have a case to answer then organizations muddying the waters, inventing additional victims, may undermine the stories of real victims.

He then goes on to provide supporting evidence — including what was falsified and how the falsifications were used by the press — and then, from there, used against Appelbaum.

Previously:
(2016) Jacob Appelbaum Leaves the Tor Project
(2014) Hackers Replicate NSA's Leaked Bugging Devices


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Oakenshield on Friday August 28 2020, @03:25PM (1 child)

    by Oakenshield (4900) on Friday August 28 2020, @03:25PM (#1043359)

    Democrats think Black people are stupid. - Kim Klacik

    They are not stupid. They have taken over the mantle of salesman with no equals. They have sold the public Marxism under the disguise of BLM. They have sold thug culture to the public. They have sold hatred of free speech among Americans who used to cherish and hold sacred the First Amendment. Now they are busy prepping their marketing materials to sell reparations from those who have never owned slaves to people who have never been slaves.

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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday August 28 2020, @04:23PM

    by Reziac (2489) on Friday August 28 2020, @04:23PM (#1043382) Homepage

    In other words, the whole thing is a pyramid scheme.

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