Mass Hacks of Private Email Aren’t Whistleblowing, They Are at Odds with It

Re:Mass Hacks of Private Email Aren’t Whistleblowing, They A... by Glyptodon on Thursday October 20, 2016 @12:44PM (#12753908)

I sure don't see "private" anywhere in "public servant." Climbing a ladder necessarily makes everything about you much less private and much more visible to those on the street. All the more so when the barrier between the ostensibly separate "public" and "private" spheres is continually blurred and broken.

Public service invites public scrutiny. The idea that it wouldn't seems ...undemocratic.

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Re:Mass Hacks of Private Email Aren’t Whistleblowing, They A... by tdb7893 on Thursday October 20, 2016 @01:39PM (#12754385)

I think that this is really interesting and shows how we all want information. When the NSA wants to scrutinize people we scream bloody murder but we want to be able to do the same thing to our elected officials. Does being a public figure forfeit all of the rights that we here are so passionate about?

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Re:Mass Hacks of Private Email Aren’t Whistleblowing, They A... by r_smart on Thursday October 20, 2016 @02:07PM (#12754675)

Well, I don't care about their personal dealings, and I tend to not worry if the phrasing of their communication is less than tactful, but I do think a lot of private conversation about public matters is held by those in power, and is private only because it's damning rather than because it's exposure is a national security threat.

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