Jacob Appelbaum
Jacob Appelbaum

Jacob Appelbaum

Jacob Appelbaum is an accomplished photographer, software hacker andworld traveler. He works as a developer for The Tor Project. He trains interested parties globally on how to effectively use and contribute to the Tor network. He is a founding member of the hacklab Noisebridge in San Francisco where he indulges his interests in magnetics, cryptography and consensus based governance. He was a driving force in the team behind the creation of the Cold Boot Attacks; winning both the Pwnie for Most Innovative Research award and the Usenix Security best student paper award in 2008. Additionally, he was part of the MD5 Collisions Inc. team that created a rogue CA certificate by using a cluster of 200 PlayStations funded by the Swiss taxpayers. The "MD5 considered harmful today" research was awarded the best paper award at CRYPTO 2009. He is also a photographer and ambassador for the art group monochrom.



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Saturday, 27 Oct

Maximum Outreach / Total Control

12:00 - 13:00

Forum Stadtpark

TOR Project (us)