Aaron Swartz
Chatting with Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian about Corgis and Internet Freedom
It turns out he's really into internet freedom and corgi dogs.
Aaron Swartz's Inbox for Whistleblowers Is Back With an NSA-Proof Makeover
There's never been a more crucial time to roll out a hyper-secure, anonymous inbox for whistleblowers and journalists to use to communicate.
Aaron Swartz's 'Guerilla Open Access Manifesto' Is More Important Than Ever
Now that a Freedom of Information request has revealed the Secret Service files on Aaron Swartz, it's high time to revisit his all-important manifesto.
Weev's Lawyers Are "Cautiously Optimistic" About His Appeal
Round two of Andrew “weev” Aurenheimer versus the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) starts now.
There's Nothing Weird About Having Empathy for the Boston Bomber
As a species, we don't really need "evil" anymore.
Lulz Seemed Terribly Fragile Next to Leg Irons: In the Courtroom with Weev
They pounded his head into the table, cuffed him, and dragged him from the room. Weev's friends sprang to their feet. This is the cruel trick of seeing a loved one handcuffed. You want to protect them. You can't.
Swartz, Keys, Weev: Doing Hard Time for Hacking Doesn't Actually Require Any Hacking
Pending appeal, Weev is off to jail.
The Reuters Journalist Who Played with Anonymous and Got Burned
The internet is collectively freaking out over Matthew Keys, the Reuters deputy social media editor, who is facing 25 years in jail for very unclear tech-crime charges. His alleged ties with Anonymous have gotten him in a lot of trouble, but is a...
Groupon, Aaron Swartz, and the Failings of the Second Great Tech Boom
Today, as the second bubble slowly deflates, the network has evolved from curiosity to necessity, and as such is under greater threat than ever before.
Aaron Swartz and Bradley Manning Won't Be the Last Victims of the War Against Free Information
Information wants to be free, but that doesn't make freedom easy.
Aaron Swartz and Bradley Manning: How the US Government Contains Those Who Would Free Information
Swartz and Manning's crimes were that they individually sought to liberate the information our government didn't want us to see. This government is just creating martyrs. And history shows us that martyrs have a way of catalyzing change.
Is Aaron Swartz's Prosecutor on the Way Out?
United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz has had a rough year so far.