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by myrion 3463 days ago
I think that's to avoid the whole Jakob Appelbaum kerfuffle. Both he and the rest of the TOR leadership were banned from giving talks this year.
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shawn-butler 3463 days ago
That seems anathema to the stated aims of ccc.

Do you have a reference for this or personal knowledge?

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Klasiaster 3463 days ago
It's stated here: http://www.taz.de/Der-Fall-Jacob-Appelbaum/!5361578/

No party should get the chance to defend their position.

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myrion 3463 days ago
Sadly just people I talked to. As I understand it, they felt that the technical stuff would be overshadowed by other stuff, and that things weren't clear enough, so instead of potentially picking a side, they refrained from both. Unfortunately this is all second or third hand, so take it witha grain of salt.
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