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[–] 158 points 1 day ago* (6 children)

Aaron Swartz. Persecuted for something he had legal right to do, only because some FBI fuck wanted to climb ranks after building a case against "dAngERouS Hax0rman!1"

And then 10 years passed and tech bros did the same thing on a larger scale, and it was suddenly OK

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  • [–] 13 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    He was a really nice person in real life. My friends and I do a radio show which had him as a guest once, and he and his partner joined us for dinner afterward. I've always remembered it as a lovely evening with a humble, sweet, curious guy who was working on important things and deserved the best. He sadly passed around five months later.

    His loss was such a needless tragedy which continues to infuriate me.

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