In my head, you were Guile from Street Fighter with the glasses maneuver. :-)

Indeed. Locally a filthy scumbag pedophile was on house arrest with an ankle bracelet. He defeated the device, raped a 10 year old and killed her mother.

But, yeah, let's really lay down the law on a guy that exposed security flaws in computers.

AT&T's fault is letting strangers walk into other people's homes so easily, with non-existent privacy measures. After all, those e-mail owners don't have any control over how AT&T leaves *their* door open.

He could have kept it a secret and used it for personal gain. Those people deserve to know their service provider suck at keeping their homes safe.

You are correct that AT&T should have better security but this man illegally obtained info from them. That is criminal and can be prosecuted. AT&T's failure to better secure the data does not negate this mans criminal act.

He took info that was suppose to be confidential. The fact that he did nothing with the info is irrelevant if the act (taking it) is illegal.

Also, none of what you said is an excuse for walking in. He knew it was a security oversight yet he still walked in. "The door was open" isn't a defense .

it was a massive DESIGN FLAW he told at and t and got punished for it with more time than the stubenville rapists