2026-09-27 03:05 UTC
RE: https://c.im/@msbellows/117327725373472404
I'm so old I remember a federal prosecutor (Ortiz) hounding a darling boy (Aaron Schwartz) to suicide by threatening him with 30 years in prison for downloading academic articles with borrowed university credentials.
One of the brightest minds of a generation was snuffed out by aggressive prosecution for "hacking", while we're letting billionaires do it wholesale without a peep from the DOJ.
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@glitzersachen@hachyderm.io 2026-09-27 03:14
@MissConstrue@mefi.social A tidbit on the side: Aaaron was the son of Robert Swartz, the founder of Mark Williams Company which produced Coherent.