Well, there's plenty of blame to go around. For me it serves as a reminder that the right to privacy exists for many reasons, and that some of our users are more in need of security and protection than others - for some of them, digital security really is a matter of life and death.

It reminds me that we should be careful with security, and also honest about what we can and can't do. Ashley Madison promised emails would _never_ be exposed - a promise they were either not willing or not able to keep.