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Isn't this entire article illegal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personally_identifiable_information#United_States_of_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perso

Isn't this entire article illegal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personally_identifiable_information#United_States_of_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personally_identifiable_informa... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy_law#California_Right_to_Know_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy_law#Califor... Whatever. Satoshi-san can sue if he likes. The damage done in the article alone is devastating for even persecution charges.

stan_rogers 13y ago
No. Those laws only make it illegal to release information, or insufficiently protect it, in a legal relationship of trust and guardianship (and to gather such information by pretending to be party to such a relationship). No such relationship exists here, and unless a SSN (or equivalent protected identifier) was released, it's merely ethically questionable, not illegal.
- ufmace 13y ago
  Even if it was, lawsuits are entirely public, and filing and litigating one would result in exponentially more publicity than this article has already given him.