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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.