Jacob Appelbaum is an American independent journalist, computer security researcher, and hacker. Appelbaum, who earned his PhD from the Eindhoven University of Technology, first became notable for his
Appelbaum in 2014
Appelbaum at a talk at 30C3 in Hamburg (2013).
One of several Autonomy Cubes on display.
Appelbaum talks at the protest march, Freedom not fear, in Berlin (2013).
Edward Joseph Snowden is an American whistleblower who, as a National Security Agency intelligence contractor, disclosed classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.
Jacob Appelbaum
…provide online anonymity. Appelbaum collaborated with WikiLeaks and made journalistic contributions at Der Spiegel based on the NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden that brought him widespread recognition. He stood in for Julian Assange at computer security and hacker forums when Assange could no longer travel to…
Slide from an NSA presentation on "Google Cloud Exploitation" from its MUSCULAR program; the sketch shows where the "Public Internet" meets the internal "Google Cloud" where user data resides.
PRISM: a clandestine surveillance program under which the NSA collects user data from companies including Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook and YouTube
Hong Kong rally to support Snowden, June 15, 2013