Comment Re:If they had been Comp Sci students.... (Score 2, Interesting) 406
As analogy lets assume during the day at a bank the vault is unlocked with access to those who are permitted but with no guard watching the entrace. OK, yes we should assume the bank is very stupid for not guarding it, but if someone walks in and takes off with a bunch of cash are they innocent?
As a more apt analogy, how about this. The same bank vault has a guard positioned at the front, who checks your identification (ie, you enter your login and password). You enter, and open your safety deposit box (ie, access your account). You then read a paper which someone placed in your box, and thus implicitly giving you access to it. This paper is an internal bank memo which they placed in everyone's deposit boxes for whatever reason, and then they still would expect you not to read it. After reading this memo the bank informs you that because of this illicit reading your application for a mortgage has been declined. Now granted, you could get a mortgage from another company, but it might be at a higher interest rate or require you to put down more of a deposit(ie, you end up going to a crappier or more expensive school). Now doesn't that seem a little extreme just for reading a document someone put in your box?
As a more apt analogy, how about this. The same bank vault has a guard positioned at the front, who checks your identification (ie, you enter your login and password). You enter, and open your safety deposit box (ie, access your account). You then read a paper which someone placed in your box, and thus implicitly giving you access to it. This paper is an internal bank memo which they placed in everyone's deposit boxes for whatever reason, and then they still would expect you not to read it. After reading this memo the bank informs you that because of this illicit reading your application for a mortgage has been declined. Now granted, you could get a mortgage from another company, but it might be at a higher interest rate or require you to put down more of a deposit(ie, you end up going to a crappier or more expensive school). Now doesn't that seem a little extreme just for reading a document someone put in your box?
