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Well the "sanctity" of marriage argument is something I don't really value, so of course there is an opportunity to make money if you get information like that.
by jokoon 11y ago
Well the "sanctity" of marriage argument is something I don't really value, so of course there is an opportunity to make money if you get information like that. I just pity their clients, that's all I can really think about this story.
I really wonder what most people would side with, the hackers, who want to unmask infidelity, or Ashley Madison and their clients, who might not deserve to be blackmailed. In a trial of Ashley Madison versus the hackers, I wonder who would prevail, because honestly I don't like neither, and I wonder if a court of justice would really protect people who engaged in infidelity.
Again, the information age is really challenging our morals.
- tripzilch 11y agoIf the hackers actually wanted to "unmask infidelity" (in some sort of twisted sense of service to society) they couldn't have done a lazier, lower effort, shittier job at it than blindly dumping the whole AM database onto the torrents. This is like publishing the local biker bar's bar-tab, claiming you've "unmasked organised crime".
- jokoon 11y ago> This is like publishing the local biker bar's bar-tab, claiming you've "unmasked organised crime". I was talking about public opinion on the subject. I'm sure there are people siding with the hackers because they're against AM. The moral of the story is always the same, be careful with your data. I don't really care about the scandal, it doesn't bother me. It's the most important problem of the centralized web architecture.