Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by c22 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:03AM
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But what if someone had just moved to Canada from Norway and didn't realize that tax return information was supposed to be private? I think it's fair to put most of the responsibility on those who have implemented a system that serves private data in response to public http requests. Presumably this is the party that has both been entrusted with the private data and has the technological and legal resources to understand what can and cannot be served publicly and appropriately configure their systems to do so.
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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by harryh on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:00AM
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Those that move from one country to another are responsible for learning the laws and customs of the place they are moving to.
Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by c22 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:13AM
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No doubt. I still would consider the implementors of said contrived-example-website to be far more liable than our hypothetical confused batch downloading Norwegian friend. Just like I don't yell at my toddler when she knocks over the glass of water I left on the floor.