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Honoring the robots.txt file is voluntary and ignoring it should in no way be considered hacking. I would go so far as to say that any activity that someone cou
by cmiles74 9y ago
Honoring the robots.txt file is voluntary and ignoring it should in no way be considered hacking. I would go so far as to say that any activity that someone could engage in, simply by loading a URL, should in no way be considered hacking.
Not only does it make it way too easy to prosecute software developers, it really devalues the term "hacking".
- dec0dedab0de 9y agoSometimes you can do SQL injections just by loading a URL
- cmiles74 9y agoPerhaps that shouldn't be construed as hacking either. If I send a link to someone via email, they shouldn't need to worry about breaking the law if they click it. I do think that a company who has been victim of a SQL injection attack will have a better chance in court then, say, LinkedIn in this specific case. At least this theoretical company has made some small effort to protect their data, however inept.