Nor does the first wrong absolve the second wrong.
Agreed: The fact
that the information was very poorly secured in the hypothetical situation shows
liability on the part of those who would otherwise be responsible for the
privacy of the information. They should be held accountable.
However:
Just because the data was improperly secured does not automatically authorize
Joe access to the data.
***
Personal Story:
I was once
searching for something related to A.I. I ran across a rather interesting
looking document from the preview that was provided in Google. I clicked on the
link and was taken to an FBI site which prompted me for a userid and password.
I clicked cancel and was passed on through to the document.
Realizing I
had just inadvertently got access to a document that I should not have had I
looked for the "contact me" on the website, clicked that, presented everything I
did to get into to the particular page - identified that it didn't look like I
should have had access and so concluded there was a flaw in their security
setup.
I sent that off, then promptly left the site without reading any
further.
Just because the security was flawed and let me through did not
authorize me access to the information.
***
And therein lies what
I view to be one of the biggest problems with society today:
the lack of
personal responsibility
Someone figures that because they can just change a
value and see someone else's information - it must, because it was so easy to do
and the security wasn't proper, mean that it's ok.
We're demanding proper
accountability and appropriate responses out of Ortiz and other prosecutors.
Are we also willing to be properly accountable for our choices? Because to try
and apply any rule on just one side and not equally to both never works.
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