yep and if it were you or me this would not even have been considered for prosecution
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, kind of. You could say the lid on the mailbox is akin to a weak > password on your email. However it's kind of a moot point. > > The common argument here, and one which you seem to be parroting is the > "don't be surprised if..." argument. This I think loses the plot a bit here > as I don't think anyone is arguing about being surprised about the email > getting hacked with a weak-ass challenge response. However whether a turn of > events is surprising or unexpected doesn't make the crime any more or less a > crime. > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> That's even a bad analogy. The mail box isn't locked and cant be (or how >> else does mail get in), while your email is supposed to be secured. If you >> want to stick to the snail mail analogy, then maybe a PO box and you leave >> your key hanging on the box at the post office. But again, if you don't >> secure thing and you leave it wide open, don't be surprised when someone >> comes it. Not leaving it secured is akin to putting a neon sign over it >> and >> saying come on in...especially if you are a public figure. >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 5:54 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Palin email hacking case - guilty! >> >> >> I don't really think comparing it to breaking into a house is a very good >> analogy. I think it's probably more accurate to equate it to taking mail >> out >> of someone's mail box. I believe this is a felony. And if someone did it >> you >> would blame the victim by saying "well the mailbox wasn't even locked." >> >> I think it sucks that some kid who guesses a password gets time, but it's a >> crime and a massive, premeditated invasion of privacy. We need to protect >> that privacy, especially now as we're losing more and more of it. >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
