Talk:Data theft

message: One cannot steal data.. Theft is about taking away property, not about copying or taking away data..
It can be considered a service theft then. The data is being hijacked by unauthorized users for their own ends.
:I think that the first user is correct - theft generally requires an intention to deprive the owner of the ability to use it. However, I think that "data theft" is the name that people would use for the activities described on this page, so I think the title should stay even if it is a slight misnomer. 216.36.186.2 (talk) 20:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I also was going to comment on Data "copyright infringement". It's not theft, people have been brainwashed by the RIAA. If it was theft, they wouldn't have all of these lawsuits, the police would just pick you up and put you in jail. See: Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age Mike Godwin.Tstrobaugh (talk) 20:38, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What it seems like everyone may be looking for is simply called theft of Intellectual Property. Mnemnoch (talk) 09:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

text: Exactly what I thought when reading the title. It's simply not possible to steal digital data. You can copy data and then delete it but even if the data is "deleted" it can be recovered, unless it's shreded or overwritten. "Data theft" is incorrect. 85.240.146.92 (talk) 23:05, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Just for the record, the links I added to this article were merged from this version of Thumbsucking, prior to it becoming a redirect. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thumbsucking. I was not responsible for the inclusion of these links originally. – Tivedshambo (talk) 22:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commercial links 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Data theft. Please take a moment to review my edit. You may add  after the link to keep me from modifying it, if I keep adding bad data, but formatting bugs should be reported instead. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether, but should be used as a last resort. I made the following changes:
*Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.thumbsuckingthreat.com/index.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 15:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: How can the unauthorised download of confidential data to a USB wossnamr ever be anything other than deliberate? Mr Larrington (talk) 13:01, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: UNdeliberate?

message: Hello !
I would like to put some more information about the "Data theft" wikipedia page. Indeed, I think it can be interesting to write about the types of data theft, what kind of data can be stolen, how its data can be used and so on. 
What do you think about it ? We can discuss about this subject if you want.
Thank you,
Camille
--IAEP.CamilleR (talk) 09:28, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Data theft 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Data theft. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070502202739/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/041807-ipod-readers-react.html to http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/041807-ipod-readers-react.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 12:46, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: "In some countries this term is incorrect because it is considered that theft is of a thing (material object) and information is not a thing." Considering that "data theft" is an English phrase, I don't see what the laws of a Spanish speaking country have to do with anything. At best, it's a note to potential translators to choose their words carefully. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 17:55, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: Can someone rephrase the following sentence so that it is actually coherent English: "Data leak is part of insider attack that accidental or unintentional data loss because of specific circuit stances." --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:32, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  English, please