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Just ask Google what the consequences are of collecting payload data traveling over the open air via their Street View cars. Collecting data is not always lega
by mkopinsky 14y ago
Just ask Google what the consequences are of collecting payload data traveling over the open air via their Street View cars.
Collecting data is not always legal, even if you don't do anything with it.
- chris_wot 14y agoIn Australia, close to a decade ago, the Microplex (Optusnet) servers had a backdoor that revealed all the passwords via a generated webpage. Someone found this, posted the link to the newsgroups... then had their computer seized by the Australian Federal Police. Collecting passwords, at least in Australia, can get you in big trouble. Incidentally, I don't think that's a good thing, but it is a thing. Beware Australian security researchers!
- m8urn 14y agoThe difference is that all of these passwords are public knowledge and already published in some form. My compiling these passwords into a single list is different from gathering them directly from the source!