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> or worse - scared and angry vigilantes going after researchers personally.

The Unabomber did target people connected to computer science and IT, including trying to kill people based on his perception of their research vision and agenda. For example, in his letter to his victim David Gelernter, a prominent computer scientist, he complained about "the way techno-nerds like you are changing the world" and cited Gelernter's ideas from Mirror Worlds (a book about technologies that might currently be called VR, AR, and simulation).

http://www.punkcommunity.com/unapack/press/outside/gvmm68e/l...