The legal system does run on rigid rules. Yes, there is no perfect executor (subjectivity will still exist), but the rule of logic still applies. A legal system where you may be convicted of a crime on a whim is not a legal system, it is a farce.
Everyone seems to be ignoring that a 200 OK is explicit authorization, per the protocol. It would be one thing if we were talking about a protocol with no built in authorization primitive, but we aren't. Using HTTP establishes an authorization procedure. Claiming that it may be illegal to receive responses to well-formed requests to the server requires one to make the fundamental mistake of not understanding the technical protocols that are being used to communicate.
The legal system operates on a subset of the logic involved in the technical world. Its ideas and understanding will necessarily lag the reality being created and will be subservient to the logic being established, not adversarial.
Burglary is a crime because it is an intent to commit further crime, not because a door was opened. The difference with an HTTP authorization lock is that the authorizor gets to examine every request and must run their authorization policy on every one. Arguing that the policy that was actually ran was "wrong" is an admission of incompetence.
The analogous situation is where a business posts an "OPEN 24/7" sign by their open front door, but shootgun blasts people who walk through the door.
Everyone seems to be ignoring that a 200 OK is explicit authorization, per the protocol. It would be one thing if we were talking about a protocol with no built in authorization primitive, but we aren't. Using HTTP establishes an authorization procedure. Claiming that it may be illegal to receive responses to well-formed requests to the server requires one to make the fundamental mistake of not understanding the technical protocols that are being used to communicate.
The legal system operates on a subset of the logic involved in the technical world. Its ideas and understanding will necessarily lag the reality being created and will be subservient to the logic being established, not adversarial.
Burglary is a crime because it is an intent to commit further crime, not because a door was opened. The difference with an HTTP authorization lock is that the authorizor gets to examine every request and must run their authorization policy on every one. Arguing that the policy that was actually ran was "wrong" is an admission of incompetence.
The analogous situation is where a business posts an "OPEN 24/7" sign by their open front door, but shootgun blasts people who walk through the door.