> Does having the right public (but unadvertised) URL count as being unlocked or as having the key to unlock a locked door? It depends on what you call public.

> Does having the right public (but unadvertised) URL count as being unlocked or as having the key to unlock a locked door? It depends on what you call public. URLs sometimes contain keys, for example Nextcloud shares or CryptPad documents. Or Jitsi Meet rooms (and virtually all videoconferencing system for that matter). > I guess this is why we have judges, though. To make judgments. Absolutely. I also think that we should not really try to view this stuff in technical terms, but rather in terms of intent. Is the thing we are considering obviously not supposed to be public? Now, regarding Aaron Swartz, I do think civil disobedience is an important thing, and that public research should be public. It sounds so tautological it almost feels stupid to say it.