--Originally published at Tc2017-security
Aaron Swarts was born in Chicago in the year of 1986.
At the age of 12 years he developed open source systems for Oracle. At age 14 he co-authored RSS 1.0, making XML to share internet content.
He studied at Stanford University. In his early years he created Infogami, a way to create attractive websites. He collaborated with the founders of Reddit and Y Combinator to support the Open Library project. Later it was merged with Reddit. Later he created a company called Jottit, a markdown system to generate content.
In 2008 Watchdog.net was launched on the web, where information about politicians was released. He also wrote a circular called “Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto” where he created a famous quote that says “There is no justice in complying with unjust.” It is time to come to light and, following the tradition of civil disobedience, to oppose this theft deprived of public culture. ” Deaddrop development, a secure communication platform between journalists and information sources.
He created Demand Progress in 2010, a group to take action and positively influence political leaders and Congress. He developed studies on political corruption.
Stop the online Hacking Act is one of the main activists against the SOPA law. He was an active member of wikiLeaks, possibly filtering information. In 2011 he was arrested for downloading files from an MIT Open database. With the months the federal crimes against him were added, for charges and violations in the line and “Act of Fraud and Computational Abuse”. On January 11, 2013, he had a fine of 4 million dollars and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. That day he committed suicide by hanging himself in his room.
Recovered from:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
https://hipertextual.com/2015/09/aaron-swartz-perseguido
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2013/01/130113_aaron_swartz