When this is all said and over and they finally make a "Made for TV" version of our real history; I hope they let us know the real reason the FBI scared Aaron Schwartz in the suicide. Or maybe he didn't kill himself at all. That whole thing is absolutely suspicious. I think he stumbled upon something inside of JSTOR that couldn't get out.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
He was an expendable Elon musk. Reddit could have been a powerful free speech platform
Who is Aaron Schwartz? and what is JSTOR?
https://rumble.com/vz5o1l-the-story-of-aaron-swartz-full-documentary.html
Thanks for posting this link; I didn't realize it was out there for free as I bought the documentary the week it came out (was only like $5). As a linux systems admin I can tell you writing shell scripts to automate tasks is standard operating procedure (hardly considered hacking). Aaron stumbled onto something big. An early eye-opener for me.
if you get time watch cryofreeze's link to Aaron Schwartz's documentary. JSTOR is one of several institutionalized (universities) and gated databases of college papers, basically the sum of all human knowledge/research and it's under lock and key via expensive administrative-fees/pay-walls.
Aaron was a child prodigy who founded several web sites (included Reddit). He also played a role in the Creative Commons license.