Weev went to jail for literally HTTP GET&#x27;ing an AT&amp;T server with a URL that was readily available on any Ipad device. In the RFC there&#x27;s literally a return code for &quot;Not Authorized&quot;, he got a good ol&#x27; 200 saying &#x27;come on in&#x27; and got convicted of &quot;conspiracy to access a computer without authorization&quot;.<p>Federal prison for what was effectively WGET&#x27;ing something that was, again, readily available. Still, in the eyes of the public and the law, hacker and cracker are the same thing. The guy is a racist liar but he didn&#x27;t deserve federal prison. His conviction was later vacated on a venue technicality, which sucks, because had it been overturned in a higher circuit with the judge offering an Opinion, case law would have been set and Aaron Schwarz would have at least some vindication[1].<p>[1] In no way am I comparing the character of these two men, just the injustice they both suffered at the arms of the technically illiterate law enforcement&#x2F;legal system. If I were a medical doctor who was before the board being judged for malpractice, I wouldn&#x27;t want a jury of 12 of my &#x27;peers&#x27; deciding my fate - I&#x27;d want other doctors.