One key difference, of course, is that the NSA is spying on everyone, and has all the powers of a government agency, and its many billions of dollars. What bot

One key difference, of course, is that the NSA is spying on everyone, and has all the powers of a government agency, and its many billions of dollars. What both of them are doing is distasteful. To some degree, though, I compare this behavior to that guy who walks up to people with a video camera, a couple feet away, and just points it at them. They become very uncomfortable, and upset, and yell at him. What he's doing with this "performance art" - as annoying as it is, is making people realize that they are already under constant surveillance. Anybody who previously didn't understand why privacy is so important to individuals, making them claim, "Oh, I have nothing to hide." - certainly is probably aware now how important it is to them after the Sony Dump. And, while not defending WikiLeaks (much), can we at least agree that there is a difference between dumping people's personal emails/photos (which is 100% unjustifiable) and exposing corporate machinations of Sony?