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is browsing an open s3 bucket hacking?

• darawk 8y ago
  Of course not, but that's a non-sequitur. A privately owned store has a public entrance, but we also are happy to accept the right of the store owner to charge admission or kick out people who cause trouble. Entering the store is not burglary, but staying there against the wishes of the owner is trespassing.
  • civilitty 8y ago
    No one is preventing you from refusing to service a GET request.
  • horsawlarway 8y ago
    Sure, but they haven't expressed any wishes at all. If a site blocks me because I have an adblocker, I happily leave. But if a site sends content to my machine... that's on them.
    • darawk 8y ago
      > But if a site sends content to my machine... that's on them. Do you apply this moral principle in other areas? If your friend leaves their wallet at your house, do you consider the money in it to be yours?
      • TeMPOraL 8y ago
        A site does not send content to you by accident. Literally the very job of a web server is to evaluate whether or not you met the conditions entitling you to content. A HTTP 200 response literally means "here, you can have it".