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Wait, so if the government breaks the law (I'm assuming you meant illegal hacking, otherwise never mind) they must be doing it for the right reasons and it is g
by bh42222 15y ago
Wait, so if the government breaks the law (I'm assuming you meant illegal hacking, otherwise never mind) they must be doing it for the right reasons and it is great and admirable and wonderful.
But if private individuals illegally hack someone, not for profit, but to release information about cronyism, corruption, lax security, then those private hackers are just schmucks?
This is then similar to how if the government tortures a suspect, that's OK because he might really be guilty. But obviously torture is wrong if anyone else does it?
- canistr 15y agoNo, I'm clearly talking about legal hacking. That's the whole point of "public interest".
- bh42222 15y agoDo you need a court order to legally hack, like a search warrant?
- canistr 15y agoUnder wiretapping laws, yes. But unlike some search warrants, they don't have to be presented to the person under investigation nor do the warrants have to be confirmed to be in use by authorities because that would compromise the investigations.