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2 months agoTo build on you analogy: if you left your garage door open and people came in and started taking your things, is that not stealing?
To build on you analogy: if you left your garage door open and people came in and started taking your things, is that not stealing?
They could bundle in my idea of having a telephone in your house, not a cell phone more like a land phone
What about this scenario:
Would this be considered breaking in? Probably. Here is where the analogy breaks down; if I were to leave the front door of my house unlocked, even if there’s a welcome mat outside, anyone who enters without my knowledge or consent can be charged with breaking and entering (yes, even though no actual breaking is involved).
The interesting thing with public APIs is that there are generally terms and conditions associated with creating an account and acquiring a key, though if you are hitting an unauthenticated endpoint you technically never agreed to them. In this particular case with Authy, it would probably be argued that the intent was to acquire data by exploiting a vulnerability in the custodian’s system and use it for nefarious purposes or profit. I’d call it a hack.