Think about it. Members of the press (both writers and photographers) race around pestering people, prying into their lives, and deciding what should be made public.
How's that different from hackers?
Reporters have been known to lie, cheat and steal for a story. So, what's going on, in NOT slamming the Ashley Madison hackers? Is it "professional courtesy?"
Here's the London Daily Fail happily reporting on lives destroyed by an illegal act.
It's not "Hackers, as awful as ISIS, are creating havoc." The story is ew, ew, ha ha ha, look at what the hackers dug up that we can now print!
It is ILLEGAL to hack a website. The Media could care less as long as they get plenty of juicy shit to chomp on.
Ha ha ho ho hee hee! Let's all be happy that hackers posted shit to "the dark web" and reporters could then pick over it like maggots at an ASPCA dumpster of dead dogs.
The media is exposing, and turning into stories, STOLEN INFORMATION. Hopefully some of the people outed will sue, because this is a grotesque invasion of privacy.
"What are your sources?" "Oh, stolen, hacked information we found on a website after the hackers' extortion demands weren't met." "How is publishing this information legal? HOW?"
Christ.
I will now digress. At one time, movies and TV were full of "morality plays." Authors struggled with ethical issues. Arthur Miller, Reginald Rose and many others wrote dramas in which characters had to deal with questions of honesty. TV shows in the 60's, even mainstream fare such as "The Defenders" or "Dr. Kildare" and "Ben Casey" were written and acted by top notch talent from the stage. Instead of escapist shit, these shows had the lead characters questioning what to do in ethical situations. Do you tell a dying man he should make out a will or give him false hope to make his last weeks on Earth pleasant? That kind of thing. Today, nobody writes about manners or morality so they have none.
Is it ETHICAL to report confidential information stolen by a hacker? People are too busy having a grand time making fun of slimeball Duggar and the others to care. "Ha ha, look at the hypocrites who are married and using a cheater's website to have affairs."
Right, and oh oh OH, look at the media profiting from stolen property and invasion of privacy to tell the tale.
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