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Yes, it is. If someone leaves their journal lying in a coffee shope, I won't read it. If my neighbor leaves their Wi-Fi open, I won't hack it. If someone is
by hermannj314 14y ago
Yes, it is. If someone leaves their journal lying in a coffee shope, I won't read it. If my neighbor leaves their Wi-Fi open, I won't hack it. If someone is talking a few meters away, I won't use eavesdropping device to listen to them, and if someone sends an unencrypted communication, I won't read it just because I have the technical ability to do so.
May I am slightly mixing my definition of personal with private, but where is the respect for other people?
"It's not personal if you broadcast it unencrypted" is the same line of thought as "she was asking to get raped". Just my opinion.
- sitkack 14y agoWith those ethics you would have a problem working for a 3 letter agency.
- Karunamon 14y ago>If someone leaves their journal lying in a coffee shop Not even remotely near the same thing. Can we agree to stop making crappy physical analogies, please? > If my neighbor leaves their Wi-Fi open, I won't hack it. It's not "hacking" (or even a little bit unethical) to associate to an open AP - it amounts to an advertisement of a free service available. Really you're not crossing any creeper lines there unless you start rifling through the other computers connected to that AP.
- astine 14y ago"Not even remotely near the same thing. Can we agree to stop making crappy physical analogies, please?" No, that is exactly the same thing. Private correspondence has the expectation of being private. Just because you have the technical ability to do something, doesn't mean you should.
- jvanenk 14y ago> it amounts to an advertisement of a free service available No it doesn't. Especially if it's unintentional.
- Karunamon 14y ago>No it doesn't Yes it does. See how easily something can be refuted when it isn't backed up? You might have an argument if it's unintentional, though.