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I'm a developer, it's still illegal for me to use holes found by other developers. He trespassed on private property, his being called a "journalist" doesn't mu
by cabaalis 9y ago
I'm a developer, it's still illegal for me to use holes found by other developers. He trespassed on private property, his being called a "journalist" doesn't much change that.
- mattigames 9y agoThere are many cases where sticking around someone (e.g. a civil activist like MLK) was illegal enough for having a criminal charge over you; but journalist get immunity -to a degree, explicit or implicit- for being so; so yeah I think your analogy here misses the point.
- djrogers 9y ago> but journalist get immunity -to a degree, explicit or implicit- for being so It’s not clear that this is the case in Canada, and your reference of a clearly American example doesn’t really clear that up.
- mattigames 9y agoCanada does have some laws to protect similar issues related to freedom of press (e.g anonymous sources[0]) and some organizations fighting for it[1]. [0]https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/3kp7n3/canada-passes-law-to-protect-whistleblowers-and-journalists-confidential-sources https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/3kp7n3/canada-passes-law... [1]https://www.cjfe.org/ https://www.cjfe.org/
- valuearb 9y agothere is no such thing as journalistic immunity. They are private citizens same as you or me. Laws protecting the press apply to us too.