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treis on June 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: I “found” the database of a college app (2018)

>He looked in the window of a car and saw tons of users' personal information -- visible through the window!

The information was still behind a door that you had to unlock. They just unwittingly sent keys to everyone.

nfoz on June 11, 2019 [–]

If everyone has a key, it’s not really locked.

I guess a key is a legal metaphor and not an actual physical device. Huh.

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