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Poor security is not a valid defense for crime. "Well, you left your shed unlocked, so I guess the guy was allowed to steal your tools."

• pyre 12y ago
  At the same time, if someone steals from your work because you left the door unlocked, you get fired. If someone hacks your work because your password was "password" you don't get fired. Poor computer security comes with little accountability.
• Raphmedia 12y ago
  I see it like this: "Well, the safe was on the side of the road and the combination was 1234. Opened it, looked what was in it and closed it afterward after putting a piece of paper in it saying that I was there. Can't blame a man for being curious."
  • rhino369 12y ago
    But that isn't what he was doing. Defacing a website isn't like "putting a piece of paper" in it. And the crime he got caught for he leaked a bunch of information and purposely accessed sensitive materials. Plenty of people don't lock their front door. That doesn't mean you can go take a dump on their floor and then post their diary online.
    • Raphmedia 12y ago
      Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not defending his illegal activities. He obliviously grew bold and reckless. My exemple is for this part of the article: "They're not going to give a [...] 13-year-old kid access to a multi-million dollar Unix server because he wants to learn to program. They will use shitty passwords and let me break into it. But that's on them."