<div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">I was in touch with Aaron a long time ago, when he was much younger.<br>The connection was David Efergan (RIP) who had been a friend of me since we were kids.<br>After his marriage, David moved to Chicago, where his wife grew up.<br>
David helped my company, and even invested (though very minor).<br>One day he told me about a wiz-kid that prays (or his parents) with him in the same synagogue in Chicago.<br>The stories amazed me - how a so young boy takes apart in leading projects and standards in the Internet industry.<br>
One of the expertize fields of Aaron was a field that I planned to add to the abilities of my technology, so it was clear for David that Aaron and me must talk about it.<br>Meanwhile David passed away and was buried here in Kfar-Saba, and now Aaron is not with us too.<br>
</div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>2013/1/24 Shawn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:citypw@gmail.com" target="_blank">citypw@gmail.com</a>></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Aaron was a great hacker who fought for individual/information<br>
freedom. Anonymous defaced MIT's website with Aaron's article[1]. I<br>
wrote an article for dedicate to him[2]( I sent this one to<br>
mailinglist but still waiting for approval).<br>
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MIT was the origin of computer/bio hackers. Maybe, not anymore....<br>
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[1] <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/immoral" target="_blank">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/immoral</a><br>
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[2] <a href="http://hfg-resources.googlecode.com/files/d3_0x02_security_shit_in_qa-work.txt" target="_blank">http://hfg-resources.googlecode.com/files/d3_0x02_security_shit_in_qa-work.txt</a><br>
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Tom Balazs <<a href="mailto:tom123online@gmail.com">tom123online@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Aaron Swartz, computer programmer and activist, committed suicide on January<br>
> 11th, aged 26<br>
> -<br>
> <a href="http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21569674-aaron-swartz-computer-programmer-and-activist-committed-suicide-january-11th-aged-26-aaron" target="_blank">http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21569674-aaron-swartz-computer-programmer-and-activist-committed-suicide-january-11th-aged-26-aaron</a><br>
><br>
> Swartz was well-known in technology circles for helping develop the RSS web<br>
> feed format and the popular site Reddit, among other accomplishments. At the<br>
> time of his death, he was facing 13 felony charges and up to 50 years in<br>
> prison: Prosecutors had accused him of using MIT's network to download too<br>
> many scholarly articles from an academic database called JSTOR.<br>
> - Swartz's friends and family have said they believe he was driven to his<br>
> death by a justice system that hounded him needlessly over an alleged crime<br>
> with no real victims. "[He was] forced by the government to spend every<br>
> fiber of his being on this damnable, senseless trial," his partner Taren<br>
> Stinebrickner-Kauffman said at the memorial, "with no guarantee that he<br>
> could exonerate himself at the end of it."<br>
> <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-did-the-justice-system-target-aaron-swartz-20130123" target="_blank">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-did-the-justice-system-target-aaron-swartz-20130123</a><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz</a><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?_r=0</a><br>
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Shawn<br>
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