I fucked with the title a bit. What i linked to was actually a mastodon post linking to an actual thing. but in my defense, i found it because cory doctorow boosted it, so, in a way, i am providing the original source here.

please argue. please do not remove.

  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    9 months ago

    the assumption has to be they don’t intend this

    why? if someone publishes something on port 80, why should I ever assume they mean anything but for me to have and use that data?

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      9 months ago

      Because there is a standard way for people to make their consent known. Just because you ignore someone withholding you consent doesn’t mean you are free morally.