Jacob Appelbaum
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Jacob Appelbaum is an American computer security researcher, hacker, and activist best known for his work with the Tor Project and involvement in digital privacy and anti-surveillance efforts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacob Appelbaum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18575033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Appelbaum Context triple: [Risk, featuresPerson, Jacob Appelbaum]
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A.
Roger Dingledine
Roger Dingledine is a computer scientist and privacy advocate best known as a co-founder and key developer of the Tor anonymity network.
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B.
Jason A. Donenfeld
Jason A. Donenfeld is a software engineer and security researcher best known as the creator of the WireGuard VPN protocol.
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C.
Viscount Snowden
Viscount Snowden was the noble title granted to Philip Snowden, a prominent British Labour politician who served as the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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D.
Lindsay Mills Snowden
Lindsay Mills Snowden is an American acrobat and blogger best known as the longtime partner of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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E.
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Appelbaum Target entity description: Jacob Appelbaum is an American computer security researcher, hacker, and activist best known for his work with the Tor Project and involvement in digital privacy and anti-surveillance efforts.
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A.
Roger Dingledine
Roger Dingledine is a computer scientist and privacy advocate best known as a co-founder and key developer of the Tor anonymity network.
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B.
Jason A. Donenfeld
Jason A. Donenfeld is a software engineer and security researcher best known as the creator of the WireGuard VPN protocol.
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C.
Viscount Snowden
Viscount Snowden was the noble title granted to Philip Snowden, a prominent British Labour politician who served as the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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D.
Lindsay Mills Snowden
Lindsay Mills Snowden is an American acrobat and blogger best known as the longtime partner of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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E.
Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg is a German technology activist and former WikiLeaks spokesperson who became known for his whistleblowing work and later critiques of the organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.