Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google
by danShumway on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @07:15PM
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> It wouldn't be victim blaming to criticize a company that is breached because they didn't take compsec seriously.
If you then turned around and argued that the hacker somehow wasn't in the wrong because of the victim's attitude, yes it would be.
Victim blaming has nothing to do with someone's responsibility to others, and everything to do with taking a conversation about whether an attack is justified, and shifting that conversation to instead suggest "well, dumb people like that deserve to be taken advantage of."
Oracle contested that Google infringed their IP. "They should have known we were gonna sue them as soon as we smelled the money" is not compelling evidence for that claim.
Much in the same way, saying "Johny should have turned off his attitude and just given us the money" is not compelling justification for a mob hit.
If you then turned around and argued that the hacker somehow wasn't in the wrong because of the victim's attitude, yes it would be.
Victim blaming has nothing to do with someone's responsibility to others, and everything to do with taking a conversation about whether an attack is justified, and shifting that conversation to instead suggest "well, dumb people like that deserve to be taken advantage of."
Oracle contested that Google infringed their IP. "They should have known we were gonna sue them as soon as we smelled the money" is not compelling evidence for that claim.
Much in the same way, saying "Johny should have turned off his attitude and just given us the money" is not compelling justification for a mob hit.