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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Well that's definitely burying the lede from the OP.

It wasn't the sharing part they had a problem with, it was the B&E and hacking.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 months ago (1 children)

still... 35 years? obviously there is more missing information.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

It wasn't 35 years, it was 6 months with a plea deal

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's not that clear cut and I would recommend listening to the Behind The Bastards episode about him:

Behind the Bastards: Part One: Christmas Hero Episode: Aaron Swartz

https://omny.fm/shows/behind-the-bastards/part-one-christmas-hero-episode-aaron-swartz

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Most of these guys they just offer jobs to. This was needless. No wonder China is kicking our ass on the cyber front

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The whole criminals getting job offers has never been true and will never be true. For many of such jobs you aren't qualified if you have a criminal record, even small offenses disqualify you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I mean thousands of war criminals were offered jobs after ww2 so I doubt they would care about a little red tape just hire them into the black no one needs to know

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Ah my sweet summer child...how wonderful it must be to live in your world.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

That's still a hell of a sentence for a B&E

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Mm. Breaking and entering to share publicly funded research is different than B&E with the threat of violence...