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Here's another change-up in the analogy: it's like a public library, and you ask the librarian on where a certain book is located. They direct you to the book.

Here's another change-up in the analogy: it's like a public library, and you ask the librarian on where a certain book is located. They direct you to the book. You notice the other books on that bookshelf also may contain information relevant to your interests, so you check them all out. Sure, it'd actually be like checking out every book in the library, but this is the age of the internet and it's an insanely useful skill to learn how to grep large amounts of text.

munk-a 9y ago
Also, the library was called the "Free Information" library. IMO this looks like a company that did a poor job trying to cover their mistake by blaming "those hacker folks". I don't think it's inappropriate to confirm the kid was acting without malicious intent, but the subcontractor who setup the security for this site needs to be investigated thoroughly.