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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoSecurity through obscurity has unfortunately been a successful argument in the past.
minus-squarebrandon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz for a specific example. While he committed suicide before it was resolved it does show the kind of hammer that can be brought down from accessing public info
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThis one wasnt about conditions or acys though. Swartz actually had legal ‘legitimate’ access to that publically funded data. He was being attacked for exposing the law to the people, they saw it lije like translating the bible out of latin, but even more devastating to power.
Security through obscurity has unfortunately been a successful argument in the past.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz for a specific example. While he committed suicide before it was resolved it does show the kind of hammer that can be brought down from accessing public info
This one wasnt about conditions or acys though.
Swartz actually had legal ‘legitimate’ access to that publically funded data.
He was being attacked for exposing the law to the people, they saw it lije like translating the bible out of latin, but even more devastating to power.