[tptacek]

It's not a great analysis. It's a superficial recitation of details about Appelbaum from someone with just a casual acquaintance of who he is. That it would seem to anyone like a great analysis is extremely worrying.

It suggests to me that this particular cohort of Internet message board nerds shouldn't be trying to debate this particular topic.

[hackuser]

> It suggests to me that this particular cohort of Internet message board nerds shouldn't be trying to debate this particular topic.

Agreed. I wish a banner was at the top of the page: Unless you have well-substantiated information to add, don't add any information.

[nickpsecurity]

I assumed you did research on the man and topic before posting about it. Turns out it's accidentaly great as it matches detailed write-ups Ive read from multiple authors. Only difference is claimed amount of field-work he did deploying Tor. Some say a lot, some a little. That would make him important in privacy circles but again I get conflicting reports.

I studied spooks and black ops a long time, though. They wouldn't waste effort on him.

[Chris2048]

"research" that extends beyond google?