Daniel J. Bernstein: The death of due process

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26 pointsJerry24 comments

Some backstory here: Bernstein's significant other, Tanja Lange (herself an important crypto scientist) is Jacob Appelbaum's PhD advisor. Bernstein and Lange have a powerful ideological connection with Appelbaum as well.

It wouldn't be surprising to hear that Lange had been under some pressure to drop Appelbaum or at least account for his position in her group (so far as I know, Appelbaum had no undergraduate qualifications to join it).

While the first paragraph is maybe relevant, the second one is just stirring the rumour-mill.

I think it's fair to say that Bernstein wrote his article in response to the whole Appelbaum story. But I didn't read him taking sides, so I'm not seeing a conflict of interest (unless he's a lawyer/judge/etc :) ).

Totally fair point! I read it as very much taking a side, which made the second paragraph more natural for me to write, but I agree with you.

With all due respect, I agree with 'guitarbill in relation to your second paragraph: please consider not spreading rumours based on your own speculation. To quote one 'tptacek, "if there's an important story here, someone will eventually write it."

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