On 2014-01-07 21:50, Adam Back wrote:
the hacking was pretty escalated, engaged in multiple escalating counter-measures when it was obvious the sysadmins were on to him as an intruder, he didnt back off but took it to the next level including physical intrusion & hiding equipment.
If an ordinary person engages in physical intrusion to hack someone else's network, he is going to get in trouble. Why is anyone shocked that Swartz got in trouble? Why was Swartz shocked that he got in trouble? This was not civil disobedience, it was the arrogance of ruling class mentality. Swartz did not expect that his actions would have the consequences that they would have for an ordinary person. Snowden, on the other hand, did. As I am fond of remarking, Bill Ayers can bomb the Pentagon, but you cannot. Swartz thought he was Bill Ayers.