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Reposting it from the previous thread: He is the creator of WikiScanner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiScanner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiScanner htt
by ttybird2 4y ago
Reposting it from the previous thread:
He is the creator of WikiScanner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiScanner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiScanner https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-wikipedia-idUSN1642896020070816 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-wikipedia-idUSN1...
He also created Tor2web with Aaron Swartz and used to work for the tor team.
Seems like an interesting guy. It's a shame that this happened.
The situation is kinda similar to the one with Bobby Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer
"In 1992, he reemerged to win an unofficial rematch against Spassky. It was held in Yugoslavia, which was under a United Nations embargo at the time. His participation led to a conflict with the US government, which warned Fischer that his participation in the match would violate an executive order imposing US sanctions on Yugoslavia. The US government ultimately issued a warrant for his arrest. After that, Fischer lived as an émigré. In 2004, he was arrested in Japan and held for several months for using a passport that the US government had revoked. Eventually, he was granted an Icelandic passport and citizenship by a special act of the Icelandic Althing, allowing him to live there until his death in 2008."
- tofuahdude 4y agoIt's a shame that he took these actions or that he was punished for them?
- ttybird2 4y agoFor me personally the second. But I am sure that regardless of what we think regarding what he did, we can all agree that it's a shame that someone like that won't be around to work on cool tech due to his sentencing, kinda like with Hans Reiser.