AUSTRALIAN SCANDAL FROM GLIDING INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2020 ISSUE

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 5:29:40 PM UTC-5, mart wrote:
Some more info.

Australian had access to life tracking data through a sub page on the tracking website. The page was not password protected and completely availible to everybody that knew where to look.

Other teams knew australia had life tracking data during the comp but that was no problem because they thought they had it through private OGN's.

At least 2 and likely more teams had access to live tracking data through private OGN's.

The IGC specifically didn't make having life tracking data illegal because it is so easy to get.

The rapport found thÃ*t the way Australia obtained the life tracking data was not illegal since it was publicly available on an open website but unethical because the teammember had worked with the website during other comps and knew about this point.

Australia would have likely used an OGN to get the tracking data as some the other teams did if they hadn't had known about this webpage.

Concluding, this was not cheating, other teams had or could have had the same information which is allowed by the rules.

The ICG rules that allow teams to obtain and use tracking information is the core problem.

The way you are thinking shoplifting is just borrowing ...