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If Snowden had just taken the documents and posted them online without any filtering, it would have been extremely unethical. It would have gotten people kille
by astrashe 11y ago
If Snowden had just taken the documents and posted them online without any filtering, it would have been extremely unethical. It would have gotten people killed. But that's not what he did -- he enlisted reputable journalists to process the documents and make decisions about what was safe to release and what wasn't.
Let's say the hackers in this situation wanted to prove that Avid Life Media was acting unethically -- that they had lied about wiping old customer data. They could have worked with journalists to demonstrate that without actually leaking personal information to the world at large.
Snowden's critics have claimed that he's put people in danger, but they've never been able to back that claim up with actual examples. And honestly, since they've lied about every aspect of that situation over and over again, while Snowden has always told the truth, it's hard to believe them.
In this case, it seems very likely that people are going to get divorced, and that kids are going to go through the shredder over this.
Maybe you have to be middle aged to know this, but you hit a stage in life when people start having these incredibly hostile divorces, with really intense hatred on both sides. And that is terrible for kids. This is going to create that situation in lots of families. It's not cool. It's punching down, it's hurting people who had nothing to do with anything in order to get at some people who seem to be genuinely slimy (Avid Life).
- aianus 11y agoThe spouses who believed they were in a monogamous marriage deserve a divorce and the chance to be with someone honest who cares about them. I'm not sure how you see staying together blissfully unawares as the better option but then again I don't like children.
- thekingofspain 11y ago> The spouses who believed they were in a monogamous marriage deserve a divorce and the chance to be with someone honest who cares about them. I agree, but that's not for us to act upon.
- rhino369 11y ago>he enlisted reputable journalists to process the documents and make decisions about what was safe to release and what wasn't. That's really only the bare minimum. He also exposed a bunch of obviously legal programs that just made the US look bad to allies or outted intelligence programs designed to attack future potential enemies. He did this because he believed those actions were morally wrong. I don't see how that is different from outting cheaters on a website. Both are punishing people for violations of your moral code.
- digler999 11y ago> Both are punishing people for violations of your moral code. The difference is that exposing someone having extramarital sex doesn't violate the US Constitution and the rights of 300M of its citizens.