We had one, his name was Aaron Swartz.

He did great work, had awesome projects. But he pissed off some of the powers that be, and they decided to litigate. They did what they could to crush him and it worked. Ultimately he committed suicide in prison.

I think we never deserved him and he knew it.

Now I think the best we have is Cory Doctorow, but he’s more of an open source tech evangelist than a hacker. He’s fighting the good fight, but not by building things.