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    Mmmmm, data. I would’ve never thought to do something like this simply because I have no interest in snooping into what people are shortening. Really takes a mind that looks for “data mines” to realize something like this. Good article. Probably any day now until there’s a GitHub project that produces an updated list of unshortened URLs.

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      You don’t have to look too far. There’s already an Internet Archive project 301Works

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        Haha, awesome! Thank you for sharing, I’ll check it out later.

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        The court considers intent. After uncovering a dozen AT&T customer records, what purpose was served by enumerating a million more? Further, upon identifying information intended to remain private, what action was taken to either protect or disclose it?

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          Not anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev gives details. However, the court didn’t test the substantive question of whether the law applies to scans of unprotected resources.