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Hacker's "suicide" Questioned

unitron writes "A little over a month ago a German hacker who had just gotten his comp sci degree and was apparently being courted by various spy agencies and multi-national corporations was found dead by what appeared to be suicide but what many of his peers are calling murder, a murder caused by his being too good at what he did. Maybe there's more downside to geek fame than just getting buried in spam."
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Hacker's "suicide" Questioned

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