Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked
by ForHackernews on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @12:19PM
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> how do you make a case that it's unethical for dragnet traffic looking for people who want to blow up civilians with homemade bombs?
Talk about a flawed analogy!
I would argue that it's totally ethical to hack/steal/gawk at the data from a "Terrorists R Us" website that publicly advertised itself as a social network for terrorists, and took money from terrorists and terrorist wannabes to help them connect with other terrorists and swap bomb-making tips.
In fact, that kind of targeted attack would be the exact opposite of "dragnet" surveillance. If we could steal and dump all the data from ISIS's central database, we should absolutely do that!
Edit: And before anyone jumps in here with "terrorism isn't the same as cheating on your spouse"--of course it's not--which makes parent's analogy even more ludicrous.
Talk about a flawed analogy!
I would argue that it's totally ethical to hack/steal/gawk at the data from a "Terrorists R Us" website that publicly advertised itself as a social network for terrorists, and took money from terrorists and terrorist wannabes to help them connect with other terrorists and swap bomb-making tips.
In fact, that kind of targeted attack would be the exact opposite of "dragnet" surveillance. If we could steal and dump all the data from ISIS's central database, we should absolutely do that!
Edit: And before anyone jumps in here with "terrorism isn't the same as cheating on your spouse"--of course it's not--which makes parent's analogy even more ludicrous.