tptacek once adored djb. This changed around 2015-2016, when one of tptacek’s crypto acquaintances lost a grad school spot (studying under djb) to Jacob Appelbaum. This led her and a couple of her friends to accuse Appelbaum of sexual assault and grape.

tptacek wants to be seen as a good feminist ally because his feminist wife would castrate him otherwise. So, he #BelievedWomen, and part of that is making sure you shun the unbelievers. Thus, djb is to be criticized by tptacek at every opportunity.