Whenever someone makes the analogy about breaking into someone's computer and breaking into someone's house, I always must suggest otherwise.
Say I live across the street from you, and am out on my lawn talking to you while you're on your lawn, yelling across the street. And let's say that through this conversation, I get you to "accidentaly" yell your social security number at me. (this is also assumeing I don't do anything with your SS number) Who's fault is this? I'm not saying that my analogy works better than yours, i'm just saying that there exists no perfect analogy between the electronic and physical world, and that applying conventional property laws to the internet ( or "intellectual property") is a bad idea. So could we all stop trying to force our instinctive reactions about cyber-ethics on everyone else, and actualy think for a little while about what really is acceptable and inacceptable? Could we finally stop treating these definitly non-physical-world problems as such, and stop applying laws and ethics intended for physical property on issues that certainly have no connection to physical property? This is a dificult topic. I certainly don't have the answers. But let's think about this first, not argue our first reactions. On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 09:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Donald, > > Interesting (child-like) thoughts, Interesting, to me it seems most child like to me to attempt apply concepts from a familiar world to an unfamiliar world, rather than trying to understand the unfamiliar world for what it is itself. -- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
