There's a podcast called Reply All that did an interview with his girlfriend and this part always stuck out to me:
ALEX: In september of 2010, Aaron had snuck into a server closet at MIT and downloaded 4.8 million academic articles from a database called JSTOR. He could have distributed these articles online, but he never did. Nonetheless, he was charged with 13 felonies and faced 35 years in prison and a 1 million dollar fine.
TAREN: I remember how scared he was. I remember him being scared to leave his apartment door unlocked for even a moment. Because if the door was unlocked, then the police didn't need a warrant to come in. It was paranoia but in the sane sense, right, there actually were people out to get him. And that's totally draining.
There's a podcast called Reply All that did an interview with his girlfriend and this part always stuck out to me: