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ExoticPearTreetoday at 6:23 AM6 repliesview on HN

Nope. It means the people running it did not do a good job configuring and securing it.


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shitloadofbookstoday at 6:48 AM

So if you steal something it means the owner didn’t do a good job securing it and if you murder someone they didn’t do a good job protecting themselves?

What an absurd world view.

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dxdmtoday at 9:51 AM

Since you mentioned it below several responses to this comment: Why do you think this is okay for software, but not okay in the "physical world"?

Is it about a perceived lack of consequences of the one vs the other? What if the hack caused real damage and suffering? For example, people's medical histories get stolen and exposed? Ransomware encrypts hospital systems, disrupting medical care?

Or, the inverse: while you're away, somebody breaks into your home non-destructively, takes some photos, sleeps on your couch, and leaves. Should that be forbidden? Your fault for allowing it? It is easier to pull something like this in the digital world, is that why it seems different to you?

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lukantoday at 7:43 AM

So you would be fine with someone clearing out your house, while you were away?

There is no door, that cannot be opened with enough effort. Part of what stops people trying, is the fear of consequences.

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rapidaneurismtoday at 6:53 AM

And most people do not have guards and dogs walking around the perimeter, but we still blame the burglars for breaking in their houses.

ennefftoday at 7:30 AM

Maybe you should think through the consequences of living in a society where anything a person can do is allowed lmao

darkwatertoday at 7:28 AM

This is the epitome of the "blame the victim" culture.

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