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I'm curious as to why most technical issues on HN involving the law come down to silly black or white viewpoints? I thought this audience would be sophisticated

I'm curious as to why most technical issues on HN involving the law come down to silly black or white viewpoints? I thought this audience would be sophisticated enough to know that this type of thing isn't a binary either/or issue. Are you purposefully ignoring the fact that the law relies on context to determine if you are acting in good faith or not? Or is everyone who reduces this issue to an either/or position doing so purposefully just because they hate the fact that there is nuance to the law which is much more subtle than the science most of us are schooled in?

ghshephard 14y ago
I'm not sure if you are responding to me or not - tough to tell from the indent - but, I really am interested in people's viewpoints - no ulterior motive here. Some people would say typing in their own article ID values into a URL bar is unauthorized, but not illegal. Some people would say that typing username ID values to get personal email addresses, is unauthorized, but probably not illegal. Some people might say writing a script to enter all combinations of userids to get username/email addresses on HN is illegal, but probably not a felony. I was genuinely interested in hearing what people had to say, as I trust our audience here, and let their opinions shape mine.