So if I knock on your house door or checked a window and it's not locked then did your entry point give me explicit permission to use your premises?
If your computer has an unpatched vulnerability and I request access to your workstation through this vulnerability, then can I say your computer give me explicit permission to access it and use it's resources?
Just because most home users are naive and uneducated doesn't mean that they deserve to be taken advantage of. It's no different than exploiting a mentally handicapped individual even though you believe they may have given you permission to do so.
The world is not a free playground, respect other individual's privacy like you would wish upon your own.
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So if I knock on your house door or checked a window and it's not locked then did your entry point give me explicit permission to use your premises? If your computer has an unpatched vulnerability and I request access to your workstation through this vulnerability, then can I say your computer give me explicit permission to access it and use it's resources? Just because most home users are naive and uneducated doesn't mean that they deserve to be taken advantage of. It's no different than exploiting a mentally handicapped individual even though you believe they may have given you permission to do so. The world is not a free playground, respect other individual's privacy like you would wish upon your own.