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by uneekname 398 days ago
Genuine question, how could a well-formed HTTP request for a URL ever be considered unauthorized access? If I request something and someone responds...shouldn't it be their responsibility not to share important information?

Edit: should have read the linked article before commenting. It totally wasn't, and the charges were dropped...after thoroughly harassing the kid.

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The mental and moral model used by programmers ("you own the backend; I own the frontend; if your backend returns stupid stuff to the frontend without me actively breaking into it, that's your fault") is not, as far as I can tell, shared by broader society.