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> In meat-space, the social norm is clear I think it is only clear most of the time. There are plenty of odd situations. I might ask where the restroom is i
by sqeaky 11y ago
> In meat-space, the social norm is clear
I think it is only clear most of the time.
There are plenty of odd situations.
I might ask where the restroom is in a retail store and learn I need to walk through a back storage room to get there.
What if I walk into a business an it appears empty, as if the sole proprietor just walked out and forgot to lock it.
Where exactly is the dividing line between the park or field and the similar looking lawn.
If I am hiking in the woods and I come upon the back of a sign I will walk around to the front. If it says "Tresspassers will be shot" I really start to worry what I just walked through.
Cyberspace hasn't had time to work out good samaritan laws or castle doctrine and the only property are purely technical in nature. I mean, do I own the VM on a VPS host or does the VPS host, certainly I own the software on it I wrote and they own the host OS but where is that line? Then IP laws come into play...
- pw 11y agoWhile the situations you cite are relatively less common, I don't think the social norm in those situations is at all unclear. Walking through the back storage room to find the restroom after asking is fine, but doing so without asking isn't nor using is your bathroom trip to rifle through merchandise. I think it's only us nerds with our low social sensitivity and literal minded-ness would think otherwise.
- leohutson 11y agoAbsolutely, "paper" trails through and walking along rivers and beaches bordered by private property are other interesting examples of where the law and "norms" of the situation are often pretty blurry. That's just land, computers are a whole other level of complexity, plus the "norms" are not yet decided.
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