[asterisk-biz] Hacking the network

[Alex Balashov]

David Gibbons wrote:

> Perhaps I should have said 'if someone breaks into my unlocked house 
> and steals all of my possessions, I don't get to be mad...'.

I find that argument equally untenable, with reference to the same 
underlying principle.

You should certainly behave pragmatically and realistically, which 
means locking your house in recognition of the fact that there are 
people out there that will try to burglarise it.

But the theory of liability that holds them accountable for it is not 
dependent on the steps you took to limit the feasibility of the crime. 
  It's still burglary, unless you invited someone in and unequivocally 
offered them your possessions.

I suspect all of this is beside the point, because the real thesis 
here seems to be about the level of moral outrage or emotional 
indignation that one ought to feel.  That is difficult to codify 
objectively;  it is, in the end, a matter of personal choice and 
disposition.  Some people are doubtless inclined and able to approach 
the disappearance of all their domestic possessions with a Zen-like 
detachment, while others would bristle with rage if so much as a blade 
of grass were pilfered from their front lawn.

-- Alex

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