On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:58:10 +1000 Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
I watched those talks by Applebaum that grarpamp posted, and I have a new appreciation for who Applebaum is, at least a small view of part of his life journey. And frankly, I like what I see. Combining this with the way he was thrown under the bus by the rest of the Tor Inc (some now ex) employees, paints a compelling picture for me that Applebaum was a hard pill for the rest of Tor Inc to swallow - and I mean that in a "very good for the rest of us" way.
What I see is a guy who 'earned' something like 100K per year (WTF!!!) - money paid by the pentagon, while pretending to be a 'lefty' 'anarchist'. AND, he got 100K per year from the pentagon to promote the pentagon's fake anonimity network. In my book that is pretty bad. And I don't think he's done any pretty good things to at least offset all that bad, let alone ending up with a positive balance. Perhaps he wasn't as bad as other members of the tor 'project' but that's not exactly a high standard. Not to mention he *was* a full member of the tor establishment until a month ago. Sorry.
The balance in my high mount everest opinion, from what little I've read and seen so far, shows Applebaum in a light which is a very good light. A man of empathy, a man who's not had an easy personal journey in life, a man who made some tough and adventurous decisions in ways which I (for what little it's worth) personally approve of.
Thank you Jacob Applebaum.
(PS grarpamp, thanks for those links by the way, really appreciated.)