[lmm]

A plain URL is an open door not a closed one. Most websites are public and expected to be public.

[FrustratedMonky]

Isn't that the point of the post?

There are URL's that are out there 'as-if' public, but really should be private.

And some people argue they should be treated as private, even if it is just a plain URL and public.

[lmm]

You can't blame the search engine for indexing plain URLs. Listing a closed-but-unlocked door is a bad analogy.

[FrustratedMonky]

Well. You also can't charge joe blow with a crime for browsing URL's, that happen to be private but accidentally made public.

Just by looking, you are guilty. That is wrong.