Well it's kind of like "I walked around the neighborhood trying everyone's front door, I found one unlocked and I could even enter the house and rummage through their personal effects. Just trying to improve the security of the neighborhood!"
Yes, but the house also has like 250 million people's precious possessions inside, including your own. And foreigners who are not subject to our laws are testing the door constantly. Yes, in this situation it would be like 1 honest researcher also approaching to test the door--seems fine to me.
On second thought, maybe physical buildings are not a good analogy.
