Friday, February 22, 2013

Aaron Swartz files reveal how FBI tracked internet activist

4:15 PM | Posted by ProJ | | Edit Post

Firedoglake blogger Daniel Wright released formerly classified FBI documents showing the extent of the agency survey Swartz

blogger released formerly classified FBI files that show how the agency to monitor and collect information on Internet activist Aaron Swartz.

Swartz, who committed suicide on January 26, asked his archives and posted on his blog, but some new articles and essays are included in the files published by Firedoglake blogger Daniel Wright.

Wright received 21 of the 23 documents declassified through a standard declassified FBI files on the deceased. Wright said he was told the other two pages of documents have not been provided for freedom of paragraphs privacy, "sources and methods" that can "put someone's life in danger. '

  • FBI files participation in Swartz concern access to public access to electronic court records (PACER) documents. In pursuit of its investigation, the FBI had collected personal information and watched the direction of Illinois, where he recorded the IP address.
  • page reads:. "Washington Field Office requests that the attempt to locate Aaron Swartz RA North, your vehicle, driving license information and images, and other objects potential Swartz is an ongoing investigation, Swartz is asked not to be approached by agents. "
The FBI also collected information on their social networking profiles such as Facebook and Linkedin. This proved to be a catalog of his many notable achievements, including being a co-founder of Reddit, one of the founders of a website to improve governance and advise watchdog.net Creative Commons metadata.

information from a New York Times about his hack Pacer was also included in the files, but strangely, the article may also be read online, the name of another subject of Article, Carl Malamud has been blocked.



hacking collective Anonymous has launched a database of the State Department on Monday in memory of Swartz. The files contain personal information of employees such as address, phone number and e-mail.
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