Why nobody wants to talk about Jacob Appelbaum?

He's a rapist.
He hasn't really done anything in the last 5 years, except being "too depressed" (his words) to apologize to his victims.
And guilting his friends into writing a PhD thesis for him.
WikiLeaks haven't published any original material for over three years. They recently scammed their supporters for $52m in a cryptocurrency rugpull, but they can't even keep a website online. They are still assholes to anybody who actually tries to follow in their footsteps.
Some nerds really liked to have a charismatic narcissist go on stage to say things they already knew and agreed with. After people found out that he's a rapist, they publicly uninvited him from their yearly gathering of drunk Linux sysadmins.
Jacob tried to stage a comeback at a smaller event, organized by some of the same nerds in December, 2022. People did not like that idea, so they hid Jake in the venue's basement instead. When he still managed to harass people, they pretended this never happened and that the event was not theirs. He tried it again at 37c3, in December 2023.
The nlNET foundation is currently funding him to have his students at the Bern University of Applied Sciences do his work for him.

For whatever reason, some people thought that this was worthwhile to make a movie about:

NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT JACOB APPELBAUM

By Jamie Kastner and Laura Baron Kastner • 2024 • Documentary • Thriller • Comedy? • 01h28

Synopsis: A laughable attempt to whitewash the reputation of a man credibly accused of rape. The film's very existence is a result of a questionable arrangement between the director, Jamie Kastner and Julian Assange's lawyer, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, who seemingly wanted to boost Appelbaum's PR in case of legal proceedings in the US.

What's even more appalling is that this project was funded with Canadian public money. The director, who admits to being a "tech idiot," has no grasp of the subject matter, and it shows. The film's central premise - that Appelbaum is a persecuted hero - falls apart when you consider that he's living openly in Germany, a NATO country with an extradition treaty with the US, and traveling freely throughout the movie.

The film portrays Appelbaum as a hacker rockstar and internet freedom fighter, but in reality, his involvement in the Tor project and Wikileaks was limited to public relations. Those who have met him know him to be a paranoid conspiracy theorist with no hacking or programming skills to speak of. It's clear that the people who refused to talk about Appelbaum saw through this shallow attempt to redeem his reputation.

Canadians should be outraged that their tax money was wasted on this biased, misinformed exercise in PR spin. The director needs to take a hard look at himself and wonder why Nobody Wanted to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum - maybe it's because they saw through the facade.

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