News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Making a Living Collecting Cans. Parent comment

Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by sliverstorm on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @11:32PM (#6519256)
Huh. I always thought it was illegal, much the same way opening someone's mail is illegal. I could be wrong though.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by steveklabnik on Thursday October 10, 2013 @04:35AM (#6526367)
The difference is that when you throw something away, you're indicating you don't want it any longer. Mail is something that is very explicitly for you only. Does that make sense?
[ Parent | on HN ]