[Sharlin]

Make a copy of the owner's diary and other sensitive documents, snoop through nightstand drawers... Equivalently, finding someone's personal computer unlocked and deciding it's all right to mirror the contents of its hard disk.

[sejje]

I don't agree with any of these assessments.

I think it's the equivalent of going down a public road and passing through a gate that was left open, onto private property.

While driving, off in the woods beside the road you notice a "no trespassing" sign, but it's not obvious that you're trespassing currently, even if you start to wonder.

A place on the disk was accessed that was unintended.

[fab13n]

> it's not obvious that you're trespassing currently, even if you start to wonder.

He's admitted that he kept snooping around after he fully realized that the files were online by mistake.