New Yorker launches tool by Aaron Swartz to protect leaks
Strongbox, co-created by the persecuted late technologist, is an open-source drop box for leaked documents
Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:00 PM UTCTechnology AP, Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz
Technology AP, Aaron Swartz
Anonymous rallies Twitter protest against CFAA
The hacker collective ask online networks to voice anger at overreaching cybercrimes law under review in Congress
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 8:02 PM UTCTechnology Twitter, cfaa, Anonymous, Protest
Draft bill would make CFAA even worse
The dangerously broad cybercrimes legislation needs changing, but in the opposite direction to new House proposals
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 8:23 PM UTCTechnology cfaa, Cybersecurity, cybercrime
MIT agrees to release redacted Aaron Swartz files
The university president announced documents related to the technologist's prosecution will be made public
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 2:09 PM UTCTechnology Aaron Swartz, MIT, Hacking, jstor
New claims of prosecutor misconduct in Aaron Swartz case
The late activist's lawyers have released complaint made to DoJ that prosecutors withheld evidence, overreached
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 7:26 PM UTCTechnology Aaron Swartz, stephen heymann
How to remember Aaron Swartz
At SXSW, an outbreak of dead seriousness and a stern call to transform tragedy into progressive social change
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 24SXSW sxswi, South by Southwest
Aaron Swartz’s grand jury: State-enforced betrayal
Writer Quinn Norton's painful account of accidentally betraying her friend is a lesson in grand jury manipulation
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 7:35 PM UTCTechnology Aaron Swartz, quinn norton
Access to federally funded research doesn’t honor Aaron Swartz
So soon after the technologist's death, the White House making research public deserves only cautious praise
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 9:57 PM UTCTechnology Aaron Swartz, open data
Aaron Swartz prosecution weighed his politics
The late technologist's supporters respond with fury as DoJ defends case which included targeting activist writings
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:25 PM UTCTechnology Aaron Swartz, cfaa, cybercrime
Jeremy Hammond speaks out from solitary confinement
The accused hacker condemns persecution of Aaron Swartz and others, while justice system flaws dog his own case
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 5:45 PM UTCTechnology Jeremy Hammond, Anonymous, Hacker
How the FBI tracked Aaron Swartz
FOIA'd files reveal how federal agents watched Swartz's online activity, noting even banal details
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 9:37 PM UTCTechnology pacer, FBI, Aaron Swartz, FOIA
Anonymous threatens “virtual blockade” of SOTU
A communiqué makes grand claim that "there will be no State of the Union Address on the web tonight"
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 5:33 PM UTCNews Anonymous, Hacking, sotu, cispa
Brooklyn muralist immortalizes Internet martyrs
Roller artist BAMN's latest subjects include Bradley Manning and Aaron Swartz
Saturday, Feb 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTCTechnology Hyperallergic, Bradley Manning
Fed admits it was hacked
Anonymous claimed to have obtained and released personal information over over 4,000 U.S. bankers
Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 4:30 PM UTCTechnology Federal Reserve, Hacking
Issa probes attorney general over Aaron Swartz
The congressman asks whether political motivations influenced government decision to pursue the cyberactivist
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 1:39 PM UTCTechnology Aaron Swartz, Darrell Issa
Anonymous hacks U.S. Sentencing Commission website for Aaron Swartz
In weekend attacks, hackers released encrypted government files and turned the sentencing website into a video game
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 2:20 PM UTC 37Technology Aaron Swartz, Anonymous, hackers
When the government approves of hacking
While hacktivists and whistle-blowers face federal prison, the White House declares a National Day of Civic Hacking
Friday, Jan 25, 2013 2:52 PM UTCTechnology hackers, Anonymous
Kim Dotcom launches new privacy site
In defiance of U.S. prosecutors, the MegaUpload founder goes live with an encrypted file-sharing site
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 4:22 PM UTCTechnology kim dotcom, mega, megaupload
Embattled Swartz prosecutor breaks silence
The U.S. attorney said her office sought a lenient sentence in a low security prison
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 3:49 PM UTC 24Technology Aaron Swartz, Suicide, Reddit
Federal justice and Aaron Swartz’s death
Anger at Swartz's prosecutors is valid. Anger at the federal justice system in which they acted is needed SLIDE SHOW
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 78News slideshow, Aaron Swartz
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