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Jay Leiderman has died
- a2tech 5y agoHe passed way too young. There aren't enough people out there defending people who need defending and aren't easily palatable.
- chriak8292 5y agoWho?
- gerdesj 5y ago"A life-long Deadhead and punk music fan" I just picked a quote from the article that resonated with me now. He is my age too.
- java-man 5y ago"The cause of Leiderman’s death has not been declared and will likely take months to certify, the medical examiner’s office said." I do not understand. Is this a hint?
- xwdv 5y agoMay have been foul play given his reputation.
- khazhoux 5y agoYou're suggesting the U.S. is in the business of assassinating citizens, and possesses killing methods that will pass as heart attacks to coroners, and that the U.S. government wields this awesome and evil power to target... lawyers for hackers. Pure conspiracy theory, baseless, and inappropriate for this forum.
- thatjoeoverthr 5y ago> the U.S. is in the business of assassinating citizens > methods that will pass as heart attacks When you put it that way, it sounds confirmed ;) (jk)
- khazhoux 5y agoNot gonna lie, I could go for a burger right now.
- SkyMarshal 5y agoThe full quote: > Leiderman, who’s survived by his nine-year-old son Lydon, died of an apparent heart attack on Tuesday, his brother Craig said in a brief statement. Ventura’s medical examiner said an exact cause of death would likely take months to certify.
- maybelsyrup 5y agohttps://www.military.com/video/guns/pistols/cias-secret-heart-attack-gun/2555371072001 https://www.military.com/video/guns/pistols/cias-secret-hear... Yup
- anaisbetts 5y agoWait this actually fucking exists, I thought it was a joke
- maybelsyrup 5y agoYeah I had a similar reaction. Spread the word, though. Those people have tons of our money and they use it.
- repiret 5y agoProbably just a hint that the Ventura county medical examiners office is understaffed.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoSounds like it was a heart attack. Unfortunately, with all the noise about virii and cancer, good old-fashioned heart disease is the biggest killer of Americans in his age range (and I'm almost a decade older than he was). A "heart attack" could have many causes (including a CIA heart attack gun, I guess). It could be congenital, or exacerbated by lifestyle. He could have dropped dead of a congenital MI, during his daily 10-mile run, or after a "heart attack hit" on a crack stem. It could be a number of reasons. I seriously doubt that he was selected for assassination. It seems he lost a significant number of his cases, and was probably more of an annoyance, than a real threat to anyone.
- hellbannedguy 5y ago"After a city in California passed a law criminalizing homelessness, the same client knocked one of its websites offline for half an hour. Where the FBI saw a felony computer crime worth up to 15 years in prison, Leiderman saw a peaceful protest against an unjust law—a protest, he noted, that had caused no perceptible harm."
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- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoSounds like he personified the term “quixotic.” I can appreciate folks that put skin in the game, doing what they feel is right. It sounds like he was a fun chap to know. Probably pissed off people that take themselves too seriously. I can appreciate that, too.
- joelbondurant 5y agoCovid-19 strikes again.
- fieryskiff11 5y agonever heard of her. I wonder if the heart attack a side effect from a vaccination. Respects to her family
- ign0ramus 5y agoCome on. Is this kind of baseless speculation really warranted?
- jacquesm 5y agoHe claims to have had five shots so I guess at least for him that is warranted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28307908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28307908 That said, it's a pretty dumb comment.
- _red 5y agoIs it really that strange? His reported death fits the current concern... https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myo-outcomes.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/my...
- jacquesm 5y agoLinked from that page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.htm... So yes, that's really strange. Correlation != causation.
- abraae 5y ago> Leiderman’s hacking clients had a nagging habit of openly admitting to the things they were accused of doing. One spent a decade fleeing authorities in several countries, giving interviews, all the while on the lam. A great reminder that everyone deserves a good defender, even if they are an idiot (or behave idiotically).
- noxvilleza 5y agoA great reminder of the classic law professor talk "Don't Talk to the Police" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE).
- kf6nux 5y agoFrom Wikipedia > The Atlantic Magazine called Leiderman the "Hacktivist's Advocate" for his work defending hacker-activists accused of computer crimes, or so-called "Hacktivism" especially people associated with Anonymous. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leiderman https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leiderman
- darig 5y agoHe got got, yo
- LightG 5y agoMy kind of lawyer. RIP.