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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by ceejayoz on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:59AM (#42867688)
> edit: It appears I'm wrong. Will someone correct me on what he did?

He didn't do it without authorization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

> Visitors to MIT's "open campus" were authorized to access JSTOR through its network.

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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by richardwhiuk on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:40PM (#42868320)
He wasn't authorised to access the wiring closet. There are many troubling things about the case, but it's fairly clear Aaron knew he was doing something he wasn't authorised to do.
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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by ceejayoz on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @01:02PM (#42868664)
> He wasn't authorised to access the wiring closet.

For which MIT can certainly have a) locked the door and b) trespassed him, but that's a very different issue than having authorization to access JSTOR.

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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by ibejoeb on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:42PM (#42868354)
At that same link is an account of the unlawful activity. He was not authorized to access a restricted area, set up a sieve on the network, and collect the contents of JSTOR for outside distribution.
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