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I'm reluctant to pre-judge someone in a situation like this (having zero facts, only allegations from people, some of whom I trust by default), but stepping dow

by rdl 10y ago

I'm reluctant to pre-judge someone in a situation like this (having zero facts, only allegations from people, some of whom I trust by default), but stepping down when allegations like this happen, even if you dispute their veracity, is often the best thing to do for the organization (and yourself). This has to be tough for everyone involved. Tor is unpopular with a lot of people, and there are both internal-to-scene and journalist-vs-securitypeople historical dramas here, plus people often do bad things. I'm confident the Tor Project will survive this; I hope justice for the people involved is served as well.

cm3 10y ago
Which is why Tor should probably operate like PaX, without real life identities associated. Some open source contributions are not very different from activism in that they can get you into trouble in certain jurisdisctions, and in essence it's not much different from banned writers.
tptacek 10y ago
Serious, straightforward question: what was Appelbaum's operational role with Tor, that his departure would be something they'd need to "survive"?
- rdl 10y ago
  He was strongly associated with Tor from a PR/outreach perspective. Less critical than a year ago, and not particularly operational. Hence my confidence that Tor will survive.
- rdl 10y ago
  Apparently he also edited 53 lines of code, although that's more than I assumed.