• koavf@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Please don’t spread misinformation.

    Edit: Why is anyone downvoting this? The text is inaccurate and should not be posted.

    • irreticent@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      You can’t make a claim like that without elaborating why you think it’s misinormation [SIC].

        • Zacryon@lemmy.wtf
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          6 months ago

          According to a quick read on Wikipedia, you are right. He was charged, But not sentenced.

          On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police on state breaking-and-entering charges, after connecting a computer to the MIT network in an unmarked and unlocked closet and setting it to download academic journal articles systematically from JSTOR using a guest user account issued to him by MIT.[15][16] Federal prosecutors, led by Carmen Ortiz, later charged him with two counts of wire fraud and eleven violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,[17] carrying a cumulative maximum penalty of $1 million in fines, 35 years in prison, asset forfeiture, restitution, and supervised release.[18] Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison.[19] Two days after the prosecution rejected a counter-offer by Swartz, he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment.[20][21]

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

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        6 months ago

        It makes two claims and he did commit suicide. Also, my keyboard is broken. :/

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      6 months ago

      Rocking up to a popular conversation, and saying this is wrong, but not providing what you consider correct. Is a great way to not be a contributing member of society.

      Requiring people to have a 15 message subthread to figure out what you meant from your first comment is very unhelpful

      • koavf@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        I thought it was pretty obvious, since there is so little actual content in the post, but I guess you’re right. Thanks.