Jacob Appelbaum

Born: 1983-04-01

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 Snowden's 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


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Released: 2014-10-10

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many...

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Risk

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Released: 2017-05-05

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director...

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Inside the Dark Web

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Released: 2014-09-03

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest...

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Everything Is Under Control

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Released: 2015-12-25

Facebook, Amazon and Google provide us with around the clock access to the convenient digital...

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Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum

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Released: 2023-09-01

Documentary follows Jacob Applebaum's online privacy advocacy, allegations of sexual misconduct...

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