FWIW, funding for Tribler has significantly dried up, probably also due to this.
When I read about this sequence of severe fundamental security screw-ups in Tribler, it really scares me that Pouwelse has recently started to position himself as a cyber security expert.
I don't think that TU Delft considers Tribler a publicity stunt, but that they see it as a serious initiative, even though it probably does more harm than good to both its users and the university. Outside the academic papers and review comment process, there often isn't much of a feedback channel back into academia and giving the mass of academic conferences, it is only a matter of persistence to get something (bad) accepted.
When I read about this sequence of severe fundamental security screw-ups in Tribler, it really scares me that Pouwelse has recently started to position himself as a cyber security expert.
I don't think that TU Delft considers Tribler a publicity stunt, but that they see it as a serious initiative, even though it probably does more harm than good to both its users and the university. Outside the academic papers and review comment process, there often isn't much of a feedback channel back into academia and giving the mass of academic conferences, it is only a matter of persistence to get something (bad) accepted.