> But my point was just that, to use you example, the only way you would know that said database had confidential information in it would be to "decrypt" it. W

> But my point was just that, to use you example, the only way you would know that said database had confidential information in it would be to "decrypt" it. While it looks obscure to the uninitiated, anyone with a day-to-day familiarity with Pig Latin (e.g. a schoolchild) would be able to just read the information straight off, with little-to-no conscious “decoding” stage. > As soon as you step off the path of "I am viewing information which was clearly meant for me" you're in a gray area. People say that, but the law is usually quite explicit about such matters. Your “grey area” is just ignorance of the law. (And I'll go on record as saying that the law around this is usually really silly.)