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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by varjag on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @04:01AM (#10084175)
Speaking of NSA, do you think Snowden's revelations were unethical or misguided?
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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by rnovak on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @03:56PM (#10088028)
If it had resulted in even a single death, then yes, it would have been negligent of him to release it.

But from what I understand, after watching his talks, was that was THE REASON he gave the docs to journalists, so they could evaluate the downsides of releasing each doc.

Unethical, absolutely. He breached his employment contract, and exceeded access to systems under the pretense that he was given access to them.

Since you asked...

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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by simoncion on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @05:50AM (#10084496)
No.
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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by tertius on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @12:21PM (#10086588)
That was supposed to be rhetorical.
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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by simoncion on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @12:25PM (#10086605)
You don't appear to be varjag. :)
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