> A reasonable person wouldn't build a house with no walls to store their secrets in, and then put the house in a public place and give access to the public. T

> A reasonable person wouldn't build a house with no walls to store their secrets in, and then put the house in a public place and give access to the public. That's obviously true under some formulations, but it doesn't matter, because they won't be on trial. The person who performed the unauthorized access will be. > A reasonable person knows intuitively that only crime committed was that of embarrassing the rich and/or well connected. I consider myself a reasonable person and I'm perfectly happy to have unauthorized access punishable under the law. I value the fact that society takes an onion-like approach to information security. There are incentives for private organizations to secure data, but when they fail to, the risk of criminal sanctions probably prevent some breaches that would otherwise occur. I also do not value the ability to look at computer systems on an unauthorized basis -- i.e. I do not think it brings any value to society -- so by my lights, I lose nothing by it being illegal.