Lessig: MIT Report re: Aaron Swartz

"The report says that MIT never told the prosecutor that Aaron’s access was “unauthorized.""

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"The whole predicate to the government’s case was that Aaron’s access to the network was “unauthorized,” yet apparently in the many many months during which the government was prosecuting, they were too busy to determine whether indeed, access to the network was “authorized.” "

Geist on Verizon, Privacy & Risk

Geist: "The privacy issues associated with Verizon are significant and deserve a full airing. Yet in an effort to score points with the public, opponents of their entry to Canada should come clean on their own practices and acknowledge that seemingly none are able to provide assurances that Canadians are not currently subject to extensive surveillance activities."