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Not sure about that - if it's on a publicly accessible URL on a site designed to generate public interest, it's their own fault it got out.

• oneeyedpigeon 13y ago
  Their clear wish is for this to be invite only. I agree that their 'security' should probably better if they want to protec themselves against certain types of people, but your argument is akin to justifying robbing a house of its contents because it was only locked up with no alarm and you had to break one window to get in.
  • Blahah 13y ago
    No, my argument is not akin to that because piracy is not akin to theft. Downloading the beta from a public URL is not depriving Github of anything or breaking anything of theirs, whereas if I broke a window to steal something I've left the owner with a broken window and deprived them of the contents.
  • k-mcgrady 13y ago
    Yet on HN there have been numerous 'security breaches' defended solely due to the fact that the data was accessible via a public URL and if they wanted it secured they should have done better.