http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/infamous-hackertroll-weev-jailed-for-doing-arithmetic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/infamous-hackertroll-weev-jailed-for-doing-arithmetic/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:43:15 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=361722 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/infamous-hackertroll-weev-jailed-for-doing-arithmetic/feed/ 0 Jesse Brown on the grey world of digital information sharing http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/26/hackers-angry-over-suicide-of-internet-activist-hijack-u-s-sentencing-guidelines-website/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/26/hackers-angry-over-suicide-of-internet-activist-hijack-u-s-sentencing-guidelines-website/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:46:27 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=342671 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/26/hackers-angry-over-suicide-of-internet-activist-hijack-u-s-sentencing-guidelines-website/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON – The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/what-activist-aaron-swartz-showed-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/what-activist-aaron-swartz-showed-us/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337957 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/what-activist-aaron-swartz-showed-us/feed/ 0 A computer nerd is an unlikely protagonist but changing times create different heroes, writes Barbara Amiel http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/techno-mccarthyism-and-the-death-of-aaron-swartz/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/techno-mccarthyism-and-the-death-of-aaron-swartz/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:26:46 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336771 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/techno-mccarthyism-and-the-death-of-aaron-swartz/feed/ 0 Internet idealist fell victim to a misguided war over information http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/reddit-co-founder-26-kills-self-in-ny-weeks-before-trial-on-charges-he-stole-online-articles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/reddit-co-founder-26-kills-self-in-ny-weeks-before-trial-on-charges-he-stole-online-articles/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:32:08 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336642 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/reddit-co-founder-26-kills-self-in-ny-weeks-before-trial-on-charges-he-stole-online-articles/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. – The family of a Reddit co-founder is blaming prosecutors for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/suicide-of-aaron-swartz-raises-questions-about-how-harshly-to-prosecute-computer-crimes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/suicide-of-aaron-swartz-raises-questions-about-how-harshly-to-prosecute-computer-crimes/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:39:22 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336630 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/suicide-of-aaron-swartz-raises-questions-about-how-harshly-to-prosecute-computer-crimes/feed/ 0 Case highlights society's uncertain, evolving view of how to Internet activists http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/family-of-reddit-co-founder-aaron-swartz-blames-prosecutors-for-his-death/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/family-of-reddit-co-founder-aaron-swartz-blames-prosecutors-for-his-death/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:09:39 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336589 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/13/family-of-reddit-co-founder-aaron-swartz-blames-prosecutors-for-his-death/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. – The family of a Reddit co-founder who committed suicide weeks... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/reddit-co-founder-mass-downloader-of-scholarly-work-faces-13-felonies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/reddit-co-founder-mass-downloader-of-scholarly-work-faces-13-felonies/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:38:43 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/reddit-co-founder-mass-downloader-of-scholarly-work-faces-13-felonies/feed/ 0 Aaron Swartz was charged under a 1984 Internet law http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/26/just-because-it-should-be-free-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-you-can-steal-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/26/just-because-it-should-be-free-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-you-can-steal-it/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:56:39 +0000 Alex Derry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205830 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/26/just-because-it-should-be-free-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-you-can-steal-it/feed/ 11 Aaron Swartz’s arrest reveals the limits of open access ‘hacktivism’