Those who have worked with Jake won't be surprised at all by this. These are accusations coming from multiple people in the tech/privacy/infosec crowd, not from

Those who have worked with Jake won't be surprised at all by this. These are accusations coming from multiple people in the tech/privacy/infosec crowd, not from the government. For those thinking these are government-sponsored lies, do you think [Meredith Patterson](https://twitter.com/maradydd https://twitter.com/maradydd) of [Status 451 Blog](https://status451.com/ https://status451.com/) is working with the government? https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/738801590333624320 https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/738801590333624320 > [blog.torproject.org/blog/jacob-appelbaum-leaves-tor-project …](https://blog.torproject.org/blog/jacob-appelbaum-leaves-tor-project https://blog.torproject.org/blog/jacob-appelbaum-leaves-tor-...) is a gross disservice to the Tor community. People deserve to know why Tor evicted its resident sociopath. https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/738802325565755392 https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/738802325565755392 > Tor had the chance to nip this in the bud back when Jake was just a plagiarist. They ignored it, and he graduated to sexual assault. https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/738802983173922817 https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/738802983173922817 > .@mmeijeri Jake finally raped enough people that Tor as an organisation couldn't ignore it anymore. I worked around Jake around 2009ish in the early years of the Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco. I've seen his charismatic pushiness routine that he uses to get what he wants. I joked that if you ever wanted to find him in a group photo, just look front and center. As time went on, I did hear more uneasy things about him. His name came up with a person I met at PyCon last year in Montreal, who then relayed a story that didn't go as far as sexual assault, but was very troubling. He's one of those people that you step aside and warn your friends about. Keep an eye on your intoxicated friends when he's around. The stories I read on http://jacobappelbaum.net/ http://jacobappelbaum.net/ fit exactly with the Jake that I knew. He is focused on his own wants and laughs off people's boundaries. Reading the stories on that site doesn't make me think of an elaborate conspiracy to discredit him but of how Cosby was able to get away with his crimes for years. Before people start saying I'm a shill: I don't have any connection to the http://jacobappelbaum.net/ http://jacobappelbaum.net/ nor do I know the people who made it (or, at least, I don't know if any people I know made it). [I wrote a book on cryptography, and 100% of the proceeds go to the Tor Project, the EFF and Creative Commons.](http://inventwithpython.com/hacking/proceeds http://inventwithpython.com/hacking/proceeds)