Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
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Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#2>The two MIT officers and Special Agent Pickett then tried to stop Swartz, who jumped off his bike and ran away, only to be caught and handcuffed by the Secret Service Agent, according to the report.
RUN FASTER. I really can't stress this enough. The reason he got caught is because he didn't run fast enough. If you're going to do stuff like this, LEARN TO RUN FAST. Cops are fat and slow. You can usually get away from them, especially in a place like MIT.
Look at that kid! That is not a fast-looking person. Run faster, guys.
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#3>The two MIT officers and Special Agent Pickett then tried to stop Swartz, who jumped off his bike and ran away, only to be caught and handcuffed by the Secret Service Agent, according to the report. RUN FASTER. I really can't stress this enough. The reason he got caught is because he didn't run fast enough. If you're going to do stuff like this, LEARN TO RUN FAST. Cops are fat and slow. You can usually get away from…
Ha, I was just thinking the same thing. Also, if we're talking pure logistics, don't jump off the BIKE either.
Perhaps we should consider the fact that the secret service was involved.. I bet that guy is pretty fast. I don't know why I think that though, just seems more "tough".
Another thing: Aaron is a really important person to have writing/researching/hacking outside of prison. Surely it's a net win to just pay a faster/sneakier kid to do this for him? Do you think he thought for one second he might get caught?
35 YEARS IN PRISON? Avon Barksdale is only serving seven! :)
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#4"For its part, JSTOR says it worked with Swartz’s lawyers to get the data back[...]"
Interesting way of putting it. I would have said "removing the data from his possession"
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#5>The two MIT officers and Special Agent Pickett then tried to stop Swartz, who jumped off his bike and ran away, only to be caught and handcuffed by the Secret Service Agent, according to the report. RUN FASTER. I really can't stress this enough. The reason he got caught is because he didn't run fast enough. If you're going to do stuff like this, LEARN TO RUN FAST. Cops are fat and slow. You can usually get away from…
How about the most basic IDS on the laptop? He really should have know it was taken from the closet (and its network connection) and then replaced. Personally, I'd have been more patient and used wifi. Or one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#6>The two MIT officers and Special Agent Pickett then tried to stop Swartz, who jumped off his bike and ran away, only to be caught and handcuffed by the Secret Service Agent, according to the report. RUN FASTER. I really can't stress this enough. The reason he got caught is because he didn't run fast enough. If you're going to do stuff like this, LEARN TO RUN FAST. Cops are fat and slow. You can usually get away from…
How about the most basic IDS on the laptop? He really should have know it was taken from the closet (and its network connection) and then replaced. Personally, I'd have been more patient and used wifi. Or one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug
It's hard to believe they'd go to all of this effort to catch someone who'd placed a laptop in an unmarked closet. There was no indication that a student was not allowed in the area, according to my reading.
In hindsight we can think of lots of ways to defend against this kind of detection, but which of us would really think they would get the Secret Service involved to catch a person who was downloading public domain documents under a legal license awarded to the library of one of the most tech-savvy places in the world? It really should have been expected that something like this would happen. It's almost conceivable that it's not really unusual to see MIT students going to a wired connection in a network closet if necessary.
While there are lots of ways to keep things private, most of us aren't constantly on maximum guard. There has to be a cost-benefit analysis, and apparently someone at JSTOR has friends high up.
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#7"For its part, JSTOR says it worked with Swartz’s lawyers to get the data back[...]" Interesting way of putting it. I would have said "removing the data from his possession"
Interesting way of putting it. I would have said "removing the data from his possession"
This is part of a standard narrative to treat copyright infringement as theft analogous to theft of "tangible" traditional property. You will also notice terms like "documents were stolen" in the original indictment. Although to be fair to JSTOR, their official statement did not use such (imho) misleading language.
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#8Something is missing..
Why was a Secret Service Agent on campus in the first place?
Something is just not adding up as FBI has jurisdiction not Secret Service..
Plus, what is the other 2% that was downloaded that was not JSTROR stuff?
Or ie ah do some journalism before writing the article?
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#9"Rogue Academic Downloader..." Strong title for someone who you claim "He is also a general friend of Wired.com" I guess you know your real friends when you get in trouble.
Re: Rogue Academic Downloader Busted by MIT Webcam Stakeout, Arrest Report Says
#10>The two MIT officers and Special Agent Pickett then tried to stop Swartz, who jumped off his bike and ran away, only to be caught and handcuffed by the Secret Service Agent, according to the report. RUN FASTER. I really can't stress this enough. The reason he got caught is because he didn't run fast enough. If you're going to do stuff like this, LEARN TO RUN FAST. Cops are fat and slow. You can usually get away from…
Ha, I was just thinking the same thing. Also, if we're talking pure logistics, don't jump off the BIKE either. Perhaps we should consider the fact that the secret service was involved.. I bet that guy is pretty fast. I don't know why I think that though, just seems more "tough". Another thing: Aaron is a really important person to have writing/researching/hacking outside of prison. Surely it's a net win to just pay a…
They might ask for 35 years but if the judge gives him 35 years i'd go out to the prison with some free Aaron signs and do a hunger strike.
I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one. That would be outrageous. Actually any jail time would be ridiculous, he's not a dangerous person at all.