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FBI to gain expanded hacking powers as Senate effort to block fails
A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government’s hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans and risk possible abuse by the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. By Dustin Volz.
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The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz
Swartz was brilliant and beloved. But the people who knew the gifted programmer best saw another side. By Larissa MacFarquhar. (Mar. 11, 2013)
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
Brian Knappenberger
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Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never work with douchebags’
White House claims Alisa Shevchenko was involved in hacking the US election but in an interview she says authorities misinterpreted facts or were fooled. By Shaun Walker and Sam Thielman.
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Aaron Swartz’s Theory on How to Save the World
Excerpted from The Idealist by Justin Peters.
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Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple
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Germany demands an end to working cryptography
Making it possible for the state to open your locks in secret means that anyone who works for the state, or anyone who can bribe or coerce anyone who works for the state, can have the run of your life. By Cory Doctorow.
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