Why such controversy over prank?

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Of course you can tell people if you find it at random. Information is free, and can't be "protected" the way you think it can Germans. If you find someone's medical file at random, you can publish it, do whatever you want with the information - so long as you didn't acquire it illegally.

I dont know if you are simply a victim of the voyeuristic tabloid culture - which seems to have no moral constraints on what they can publish.
Or if you really just resemble a literal character from a soviet novel depicting those who euphoricaly proclaim "the end of the privat life!" such as Pawel Antipov.

How would you feel if I simply publish a plan of your house, details about your sexlife, details of your privat transactions - simply because I "found" them.

I am first off disgusted by this subject because the medical condition of an individual is that individuals buisness and not in public interest. And if that information should ever be published - then it should be with her concent.
I am disapointed that the recent phone hacking scandel didn`t bring an end to the disgusting tabloid culture of simply publishing any kind of privat information, no matter how it was accessed.

A individual has a right to privacy!!!