Aaron Swartz
 Aaron Swartz      (Hacker) | |
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| Born | Aaron H. Swartz 1986-11-08 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | 2013-01-11 (Age 26) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
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| Victim of | Premature death |
A hacker who died a suspicious death after using his talents to promote freedom of information | |
Aaron Swartz, according to John Naughton was an "internet activist who paid the ultimate price for his combination of genius and conscience."[1]
Activities
Swartz assisted in the formation of the RSS news syndication format. In 2013 he "was facing potential jail time for hacking into MIT's computer network and stealing copies of 4.8 million academic papers."[2]
Death
On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment by his partner, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman.[3][4] A spokeswoman for New York's Medical Examiner reported that he had hanged himself.[3][4][5] No suicide note was found.[6] Swartz's family and his partner created a memorial website on which they issued a statement, saying: "He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place." John Naughton states that Swartz "was hounded to suicide at the age of 26 by a vindictive US administration", but does not question whether his death in fact was a suicide.[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:Timothy-felix-miltz.pdf | article | 27 February 2015 | 'BillCaseyHoneyPot' |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/07/aaron-swartz-suicide-internets-own-boy
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/aaron-swartzs-girlfriend-has-a-damning-theory-about-the-young-reddit-co-founders-suicide-2013-2
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