There's no liability because they aren't intruders, they're requesters.
If all it takes to get something is to request it, without any interaction and thus without any fraud, then it's public.
What's the difference between me calling a phone number and asking for a company's financials before they're publicly released, and checking the probable URL before they're publicly released?
I mean that you keep presuming that we're discussing intruders which implies guilt, but when viewed in a more realistic context, as requesters, your comments about liability aren't relevant.
Nobody is at fault for simply asking for a document in the real world and nobody should be online.
It's a little discourteous to jump into the middle of someone else's discussion and attempt to alter the premise. Reply somewhere else if you'd like to have a different discussion. Thanks!
Hah, HN police. It's my thread, look up. But I magnanimously grant you the right to post in it. You're welcome!
You're the one trying to move the goalposts and alter premises. You reframe everything in a violent physical metaphor even though you've been around long enough to know that it's the least useful thing to compare information to. I can't copy a house by looking at it so it's a crappy analogy for a website.
There's a world of difference between asking for a document and opening a door and taking it.
If all it takes to get something is to request it, without any interaction and thus without any fraud, then it's public.
What's the difference between me calling a phone number and asking for a company's financials before they're publicly released, and checking the probable URL before they're publicly released?
The first isn't a crime, why is the second?