Yeah, what happened to the "Hacker" in Hacker News. (responding to people blaming the 'hacker', not the sites).
This guy just grabbed publicly available information, and by 'public' I mean put out onto the web un-protected, just put out there. If you can just basically browse to something, is it really his fault for finding it.
It's like if I have a front door on my house, and just in the front hallway I have a huge naked picture of my wife. If I leave the door open, can I get mad at pedestrians walking by, for seeing the picture. Maybe they walkup to ring the door bell just to get closer look, walking up to the door, but not going in, is allowed.
I think according to the law and related suits based on accessing publically available URLs without authorization is still technically prosecutable - I’m not a CFAA expert but I’d double check there
It means I can break law by just accidentally browsing to something. Can be breaking the law just by seeing it, before knowing I'm doing something wrong.
Basically, just see something and be guilty before being able to look away.
This guy just grabbed publicly available information, and by 'public' I mean put out onto the web un-protected, just put out there. If you can just basically browse to something, is it really his fault for finding it.
It's like if I have a front door on my house, and just in the front hallway I have a huge naked picture of my wife. If I leave the door open, can I get mad at pedestrians walking by, for seeing the picture. Maybe they walkup to ring the door bell just to get closer look, walking up to the door, but not going in, is allowed.