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A web server is a thing people use to make files publicly accessible - it has no other purpose. It has stronger expectations against privacy than a trash can.
by fenomas 9y ago
A web server is a thing people use to make files publicly accessible - it has no other purpose. It has stronger expectations against privacy than a trash can.
As such, your analogies to situations (locked houses, unattended jewelry) with the opposite expectation just disprove your point. Assuming a file is private even though it's publicly accessible on a web server is as nonsensical as assuming an object is free for the taking even though it's an unattended diamond ring.
- JorgeGT 9y agoI mean, it's in the name, web server. It serves things to people when people asks: - Hey, can I GET this drink? - 200 OK, here it is pal. - 204 Uh, the bottle appears to be empty - 206 I have only half the ingredients for the mix - 300 Stirred or shaken? - 301 That drink is now called this, but here it is! - 400 I can't understand what you say buddy, are you drunk? - 403 I'm sorry, but I must refuse to serve you that drink - 404 Oops, I can't seem to find the bottle - 411 How much do you want? - 413 That's too much drink! - 418 I'm actually a teapot - 503 Too busy right now!
- harryh 9y agoA web server is a thing people use to make files publicly accessible False. There are lots of things on webservers that aren't public. Try to access: https://github.com/harryh/my-private-repo https://github.com/harryh/my-private-repo You can't, because github hasn't made a mistake and accidentally made all private repos public. If github screwed up one day and all private repos were temporarily made public it would be illegal for you to run a script that tried to scrape them all down to your personal hard drive.