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The punishments are now somewhat known. I used to tinker with things that were questionable but after seeing what happened to swartz and others i stopped. It’s not worth it.

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Swartz was going to get a custodial sentence of less than 6 months, quite likely just probation. A slap on the wrist.

What exactly did you expect the punishments to be like? A fine?

It is widely suspected that was the goal.

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