Comment by BLKNSLVR

19 hours ago

Added to the fact that, if I recall correctly, according to US law it's a breach even if the data is publicly available but unintentionally.

Refer: Weev AT&T

Which is mad, really.

  • It seems pretty fundamental concept in most modern civilizations. Pick pocketing and purse snatching is illegal despite the property being publicly accessible. We do need reliable courts to determine intent.

    • That's not really the same, though. If a website has content publicly available, that you should "take", how can a bot determine what it means to publish and what it accidentally published?

  • Absolutely.

    It is, however, a glowing beacon of an example of law being designed to maintain the status quo and/or protect companies at the expense of individuals.

    As someone else said, welcome to late stage capitalism.