[jtbayly]

First, I don't believe it is against the law to simply connect to a public FTP server. And I'm certain that I wouldn't bother to notify somebody that their public FTP server was... public. However, if I saw something that clearly wasn't supposed to be public.

It's more like looking across the street and seeing a private act through an open window, and going to the front door and knocking and telling them that the window is open.

There are laws against leaving patient data in the public. There are laws against public indecency.

There are also laws against unauthorized access and laws against being a peeping Tom.

Which one is going on is not necessarily easy to determine.