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by mbesto 2345 days ago
> Or would be it be fine if I take an elevator and it falls down and kills me? Or whoops, I got a free candy which turned out to contain toxins. I

Those things are paid for by someone who is expressively giving you rights to those goods/services. Just because Method Gaming is paying for their discord server so you can enjoy your free service, doesn't mean they are necessarily aware that you are using their paid-for server resources. OTOH, if I am renting an apartment from a building (which I pay for) and someone comes to visit me in the elevator, I expect that the elevator cost I pay for through my rent is safe enough for you travel in.

> guess I didn't pay for the service so why do I have some expectations for it to work or be safe?

Safe != privacy. The issue is not necessarily security (although there is an implication there as well), but more so it's privacy.