> When I told her that hacking and outing people on a website because they do something you disagree with is playing God, she didn't seem to be phased at all.

> When I told her that hacking and outing people on a website because they do something you disagree with is playing God, she didn't seem to be phased at all. I think she might be fazed by your telling her what is and isn't playing God. > you can't convince someone this is unethical behavior if they are emotionally invested in it. It would be unethical for A.M. to give out this data. It is almost certainly illegal for a hacker to do so, and you can argue that it's immoral, but it's not clear how it's unethical. Since the hackers did not make monetary demands (or did they) they seem to be operating according to their own code of conduct. I'd say the most clearly wrong thing about this is disclosing CC details. The rest of it comes down to public shaming, and your girlfriend is simply taking the position (I believe) most women (I believe) take that cheaters deserve to be shamed. Now, as to the CC details thing, surely it's the CC vendors who are the most unethical. Their entire system is hopelessly insecure and yet they persist in using it rather than adopting a more secure system (which they could certainly afford to do).