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Nothing- they are just hoping this will blow over.
by tag2103 5mo ago
Nothing- they are just hoping this will blow over.
- Barbing 5mo agoDo I have to start emailing the people in the leaked documents with screenshots?
- oefrha 5mo agoLeaving a paper trail of you having accessed unauthorized private info is a bad idea, some crazy lawyer could decide to include you in a suit. Just not worth the hassle. Email a tip line about the general situation.
- Barbing 5mo agoGood call!
- Ekaros 5mo agoNot to forget some eager prosecutors. They can still try to prosecute for accessing material even if they end up losing. Lot of hassle there.
- ndsipa_pomu 5mo agoHow is it unauthorised if it's freely available via a search without having to bypass any login? It'd be like putting up an advert and then trying to sue anyone who sees it.
- oefrha 5mo agoSome crazy lawyer included my parents in a traffic death suit’s defendants while they were victims who had their car badly damaged when the reckless driver rammed into two cars (including my parents’) and two pedestrians. The question isn’t whether you’re at fault, it’s whether you want to risk getting a court summons.
- ndsipa_pomu 5mo agoI'm confused about what you're saying - are you saying that your parents risked getting a court summons though they weren't at fault? Surely the entire point of the court system is to determine who, if anyone, is at fault.
- oefrha 5mo agoThey didn't get a court summons but the court did call and send the plaintiff's filing. They were clearly not in the wrong in that case but it was still a hassle and quite a confusion. The point is people can sue you even if it's BS and you still need to respond. In this case leaving a paper trail of having accessed unauthorized confidential information looks a lot like being in the wrong, so the potential hassle is a lot higher. You can argue it's not unauthorized after all, and you'll likely win, but you may need to expand time and energy arguing in the first place. And it could be significant. Edit: In addition, (a) accidentally opening a confidential document -> oops, close immediately; and (b) taking a screenshot could be different legally (NAL yada yada), doing the latter could make it a lot harder to defend yourself.
- Barbing 5mo agoHN saves
- efreak 5mo agoDetermining who is at fault involves extreme annoyance and inconvenience for those who had fingers pointed at them, regardless of whether or not they were actually involved. If you involve yourself willingly, you're inviting that on yourself.
- tdeck 5mo agoAdmit no fault, ignore the criticism, keep doing the same thing, receive no consequences. I wonder how the folks at Fiverr's Tel Aviv HQ learned this strategy.