This sounds to me like there was a fuckup in one of the pieces of software that sends these messages causing a lag. The guy probably hit "yes" somewhere without

This sounds to me like there was a fuckup in one of the pieces of software that sends these messages causing a lag. The guy probably hit "yes" somewhere without realizing it and then 12 hours later shit hit the fan. Could have been client, could have been Path server, could have been cell provider, whatever. The thing is it doesn't matter. When you're dancing on the line of ethical behavior, you are one bug, one mistake, one oversight from crossing it. When you cross it, it might not be "your fault", but generally it never is: your fault was to be so close that such a thing could happen in the first place.