You give someone ownership of something and they used that ownership...

It's like leaving your bike in the street, with no lock. Still theft, but you'd be up for a part of the responsibility.

tracker1 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, it's like giving someone a set of keys to your car, and they take it for a drive.

	▲	kstrauser 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think it’s more like you registered the car in their name. Now they’re allowed to use it, and also responsible for the thing which they didn’t want. Consider that the “imposter” starts uploading child porn or something, and it’s on an account registered to your address. I think it’s perfectly A-OK to tell the service that it’s not me using the thing and I want them to close the account someone created in my name.

c22 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's more like leaving your bike in someone else's garage.