This whole thing seems to be blown completely out of proportion, based entirely on hypothetical and unfair "what-if" scenarios based on the imaginary case where the 100 millionth file was something sensitive.
I'm imagining a group of friends and one of them mentions an interesting book he saw in X's house. The friends are immediately scandalized: what if instead of a book, you saw naked pictures of X's wife? Apparently you'll just blab anything you see, so you can't be trusted in people's houses anymore.
It's a completely innocent disclosure. That it would not have been innocent if the file had been different seems completely irrelevant. Either they would have been discreet in that case, or they would not have, but we can't tell which from this one instance.
This whole SOPA/PIPA thing seems to be blown completely out of proportion, based entirely on hypothetical and unfair "what-if" scenarios based on the imaginary case where the laws are used in ways that they weren't intended.
SOPA/PIPA apply to organizations with a long history of abuse. Applying a history of abuse to hypotheticals is reasonable. Taking an entity with no history of abuse and assuming that they would abuse in the future is not.
Human beings have a long history of abuse. The discussion here seems to be talking about the general case of admins looking at user data, a discussion in which that long history is very relevant. Maybe we're getting out of the bounds of usefulness by having that general discussion, but it's perfectly natural and unsurprising.
I'm imagining a group of friends and one of them mentions an interesting book he saw in X's house. The friends are immediately scandalized: what if instead of a book, you saw naked pictures of X's wife? Apparently you'll just blab anything you see, so you can't be trusted in people's houses anymore.
It's a completely innocent disclosure. That it would not have been innocent if the file had been different seems completely irrelevant. Either they would have been discreet in that case, or they would not have, but we can't tell which from this one instance.