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Jacob Appelbaum speaks at re:publica 2014 in Station-Berlin. Photo credit: DAVIDS/Gregor Fischer

:mag: An investigation into Jacob Appelbaum leaving the Tor Project | 2016 - 2023

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Media Mentions (Unaffiliated):

• Cypherpunks Mailing List: Wikileaks is the Endgame (archived)
• Berliner Gazette: Transformative Justice? Die problematische Rolle des Tor-Projekts... (English) (archived)
• Heise Online: Was war. Was wird. Stell dir vor, es ist hybrider Krieg, und wer zu Hause bleibt... (archived)
• Lage der Nation: Energiewende, JakeGate, Haftung für Software (archived)
• Reddit: Quick note (archived), Very good podcast (archived), Cryptome: Tor/Appelbaum Separation (archived)
• >b's blog: "Hier gibt es eine Zusammenfassung der Ereignisse rund um Tor und Jacob Applebaum" (archived)

Media Mentions (Research Attribution):

• ContraSpin: The Weaponising Of Social Part 2 (archived), The Weaponising of Social Part 3 (archived)

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