It's News. They would argue it is "in the public interest" and that this trumps an individual's right of privacy. Compare and contrast to news coverage of the

It's News. They would argue it is "in the public interest" and that this trumps an individual's right of privacy. Compare and contrast to news coverage of the personal "private" lives of celebrities, royalty, sports personalities. Do these people have the same right of privacy? What's different in other people's cases? I'd imagine however that the average Hacker News reader is generally less interested in these stories, possibly finding them at best distracting and at worst distasteful. I find it distasteful and unnecessary. But I would be lying if I thought that this article was not of interest to many people (even if I am not in that group), and I would also feel uncomfortable endorsing the banning of this type of journalism.