Swartz, Weev & radical libertarian lexicon (Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany - Aaron Swartz)

rysiek rysiek at hackerspace.pl
Tue Jan 7 13:53:27 PST 2014


Dnia środa, 8 stycznia 2014 05:54:33 James A. Donald pisze:
> On 2014-01-08 05:09, Cari Machet wrote:
> > plus they were all scuuurrred he was going to leak the docs
> 
> No one gave a damn about Aaron Swartz leaking the docs.  That was not
> what he was charged with, and not what pissed off the sysadmins.  What
> pissed off the sysadmins was physical intrusion, and him bringing the
> network to its knees.

Wait, what? Where the hell did you get *that* bullshit. MIT network was just 
fine, the pissed people were at JSTOR, and they were pissed not because "the 
network was brought down to its knees", but because somebody was getting a lot 
of articles "without paying".

MIT *never even made clear* whether or not Aaron was *authorized* to access 
MIT network:
http://ur1.ca/gd3z7

And as *every* user of MIT network had access to JSTOR, it's also hard to 
claim that Aaron accessed JSTOR in an "unauthorized" manner. The only problem 
was the amount of articles Aaron was downloading, and the manner he was doing 
that (a laptop in a closet).

Whether or not he was authorized to access them is unclear, however there is 
strong evidence suggesting he was indeed authorized to access MIT network, and 
hence, through it, JSTOR.

So please, get your facts straight.

> You are displaying the same attitude that he did, that it is just fine
> for members of the ruling class to walk all over mere menials.

Oh, oh, right, so as long as somebody disagrees with you, they are "displaying 
the attitude of the ruling class". Wow, you actually took the effort to move a 
bit from "YOU'RE STUPID!!1!" ad hominem, but just this tiny bit. Hence, no 
extra credit. :)

-- 
Pozdr
rysiek
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