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title: "When an activist downloads academic papers, the state describes it as wire…"
date: 2026-08-02T08:07:37.661Z
author: Ricardo Mendes
url: https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/08/02/ea0b3/
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# When an activist downloads academic papers, the state describes it as wire…

When an activist downloads academic papers, the state describes it as wire fraud, computer fraud and reckless damage.
When a corporate AI agent escapes containment, steals credentials, moves across systems and compromises another organisation, the event is described as a safety evaluation, an unexpected capability or a research incident.