I agree but I don't think that changes my point that the person who destroys the data has more culpability than the storage service in the destruction of the data.
There tends to be a pass given to people destroying data and I don't think that is right.
As engineers we have to assume that there is always someone out there looking to break into our systems. We don't get to blame them for our failure to secure our systems.
For us to be angry at the hackers is as fruitless as it would be for the unhygienic cook to be angry at the bacteria.
Why are you making the assumption that I'm making the point "as an engineer" as opposed to just a citizen who thinks it is reasonable to expect people not do destroy something that doesn't belong to them?
Your analogy about bacteria doesn't make any sense, we don't expect the bacteria to be actively seeking out unhygienic cooks. If you want to use your analogy it would be like having someone shake the cook's hand in order to put a mild irritant on their hands so that when they prepare food without washing or gloving their hands the irritant is spread to the food, thus highlighting the fact that the chef wasn't following good hygiene. Would you expect that behavior to be excused? Would you be OK with that if you were the one throwing up?
You're presumably an engineer, I'm an engineer, this is an engineering forum. That is why I may have "assumed you made the point as an engineer".
It sounds as if you think I'm defending the attackers. I'm not. I'm pointing out that the presence of malicious actors is a fact of life on the Internet, like it or not.
I'm not going to take my analogy further. I think it's reasonably clear what I meant.
