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by rcfox 4837 days ago
If you have a lot full of unlocked cars, perhaps you should bear some of the blame too?

When Sony was hacked and user data was leaked, they received quite a bit of blame. At least they had some semblance of security. AT&T was wide open.
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crusso 4837 days ago
If you have a lot full of unlocked cars, perhaps you should bear some of the blame too?

Yeah, and women wearing sexy dresses walking alone without mace deserve to get raped?

Auernheimer crossed a line. Just because AT&T was stupid doesn't make what he did right.

Customers' and the legal systems' dealing with AT&T's incompetence/negligence is a separate matter.

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antihero 4836 days ago
It's more akin to having a valet service and leaving people's cars unlocked, I think.
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Nrsolis 4837 days ago
"But your honor! SHE WAS ASKING FOR IT! You can see how she dresses."
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rcfox 4837 days ago
You've missed my point. If you were in a parking lot and found your car to be unlocked, this might alarm you. You might try someone else's door to see if it's similarly unlocked, and just to be sure it's not a fluke, you might try another.

I'm not even going to try to adapt that to your rape scenario. I feel like there should be an equivalent of Godwin's law that I could appeal to in this context.

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crusso 4836 days ago
You paint far too innocent a picture of what happened. If we're going to use analogy, can't we make an effort to have it be accurate?

Let's roll with your scenario -- Do you systematically go through all the cars in the lot? Do you collect personal information from those cars, like names on the insurance? Do you get busted making on-the-record comments about exploiting the use of that data for your own personal gain?

Seriously, weev was hardly being a good samaritan. He was doing something he shouldn't have been doing, made some stupid/incriminating comments in a public forum, then didn't handle the data properly. Worst of all, he's facing serious jail time and is too obnoxious to even admit that what he did might have been inappropriate.

Personally, I'm all for living in a world where you can leave your car door unlocked and not be blamed when someone opens the door. Call it a Godwin-esque move if you want, but I'm just not into blaming victims.

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crusso 4837 days ago
Ack! You beat me to the "asking for it" analogy.
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