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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 59 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I despise meta and the fact they're not being punished for this.

He didn't just download stuff, he installed a server on their network to do it. A bit different.

His punishment was still beyond the pale.

[–] selfAwareCoder@programming.dev 12 points 2 days ago

He also had every legal right to download those articles

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its fair to note he was never sentenced.

[–] electricyarn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Because he killed himself, they offered him a terribly unfair plea deal.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He installed a server on facebook’s network?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Aaron broke open a cabinet and installed a server at a secure site on located on a campus. He was never sentenced, though.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On a university network.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

I remember the story from years ago. This sounds about right. Other commenter made it sound like he installed the server on meta’s network (which would have still just been Facebook at the time.)