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Drop the tinfoil hat. He was found guilty of hacking and spreading personal information. It has nothing to do with TPB case. He hacked into Logica and later le

by pathy 13y ago

Drop the tinfoil hat. He was found guilty of hacking and spreading personal information. It has nothing to do with TPB case. He hacked into Logica and later leaked protected personal information. After the PRISM scandal I thought HN would be happy that people who steals and publishes (and possibly uses, though that is not proven in any way) personal information gets put behind bars. Or are you suggesting that leaking personal identification numbers (that are secret/hidden) of cops, domestic abuse victims etc. is a good thing?

jessriedel 13y ago
Your first sentence is totally unnecessary and detracts from the discussion.
- pathy 13y ago
  You may be right, it was perhaps unnecessary. However, once you've read a few threads on anything TPB related (though this one is rather tame), it is striking how extremely paranoid comments are. Everything is somehow politically motivated and instigated by USA/MPAA. I am simply very fed up with anakata getting a free pass from people just because he founded TPB and got sued by MPAA and friends. I don't think people who hacks into government databases and leaks secret information, that could put people at risk, should get any praise. Regardless of past achievements. Nor was there anything substantial evidence that this was a political trial nor that it was related to copyright infringement.
  - jessriedel 13y ago
    I can empathize. Just keep in mind that such comments make it actively more difficult for others to understand your opinion, and the physical act of typing them out makes it more difficult for you to think dispassionately. As an aside: I honestly don't think caycep's question was supportive of anakata. I can see how you could interpret it that way, but it can also just be an empirical question. Heck, caycep compared anakata to Al Capone, and nobody would argue that Capone's tax evasion was acceptable.

by pathy 13y ago

jessriedel 13y ago

Your first sentence is totally unnecessary and detracts from the discussion.

pathy 13y ago
You may be right, it was perhaps unnecessary. However, once you've read a few threads on anything TPB related (though this one is rather tame), it is striking how extremely paranoid comments are. Everything is somehow politically motivated and instigated by USA/MPAA. I am simply very fed up with anakata getting a free pass from people just because he founded TPB and got sued by MPAA and friends. I don't think people who hacks into government databases and leaks secret information, that could put people at risk, should get any praise. Regardless of past achievements. Nor was there anything substantial evidence that this was a political trial nor that it was related to copyright infringement.
- jessriedel 13y ago
  I can empathize. Just keep in mind that such comments make it actively more difficult for others to understand your opinion, and the physical act of typing them out makes it more difficult for you to think dispassionately. As an aside: I honestly don't think caycep's question was supportive of anakata. I can see how you could interpret it that way, but it can also just be an empirical question. Heck, caycep compared anakata to Al Capone, and nobody would argue that Capone's tax evasion was acceptable.