Jacob Appelbaum

Jacob Appelbaum born 1 April 1983 is an American independent journalist computer security researcher artist and hacker Appelbaum studied at the Eindhoven University of Technology and was a core member of the Tor project a free software network designed to provide online anonymity until he stepped down from his position over sexual abuse allegations which surfaced in 2016 He was among several people to work with NSA contractor Edward Snowdens top secret documents released in 2013 He has contributed extensively as a journalist to the publication of those documents His journalistic work has been published in Der Spiegel and elsewhere Appelbaum is also known for representing WikiLeaks 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 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia