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He used the Internet as it was meant to be used. MIT had no security, JSTOR had no security. Issuing a GET request to a web server is not, and should not be a c
by glesica 14y ago
He used the Internet as it was meant to be used. MIT had no security, JSTOR had no security. Issuing a GET request to a web server is not, and should not be a crime.
http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartzs-crime/ http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartz...
- mpyne 14y ago> Issuing a GET request to a web server is not, and should not be a crime. A DDoS is also "the Internet as it was intended" by your logic.
- Evbn 14y agoDid MIT and JSTOR really have no posted TOS? That is not my recollection of MIT wifi.
- jlgreco 14y agoDoes violating a few TOS's warrant 35+ years in prison?
- danem 14y agoThat's a separate matter entirely. The point being discussed is whether Aaron did in fact violate the law. I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone here who believed Aaron deserved the sentence or the prosecution brought upon him, but personally I find it incredible how quick people are to absolve him entirely.
- glesica 14y agoFirst, he wasn't using wifi. Second, JSTOR does not have a click-through ToS on university campuses, so he never had to agree to anything.