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Nor do I own the banks hard drives, but I do own the money stored on them. Much like how if I leave my phone in a taxi, either deliberately or accidentally, I
by Sir_Substance 6y ago
Nor do I own the banks hard drives, but I do own the money stored on them.
Much like how if I leave my phone in a taxi, either deliberately or accidentally, I don't own the taxi, but I do still own the phone.
- drusepth 6y agoI think the analogy falls apart when you consider the movement/creation of singular objects (like your phone or your money) versus new/copied objects (a copy of his birthday on your singular piece of paper). If you create a replica of a taxi you rode in, you own that copy. If you take a photo of someone, you own that photo. If you write that person's birthday down on a piece of paper, you don't own their birthday now. You own the piece of paper with their birthday written on it, and they have no claim to that paper or what's written on it.
- Sir_Substance 6y agoIf you go through someones wallet and write down all the details required to open a bank account in their name, you do not suddenly own all those details, and you may not do with them whatever you wish as if you did. Opening a bank account using those details is identity theft, because they are not /your/ details. No one cares if you owned the paper you wrote them down on.