> If Ashley Madison were a website for child sex trafficking, and the names of registrants were exposed, leading to arrests, and public shaming... How would you feel?
This is still an irresponsible exposure of personal information. This is still vigilante justice.
What happens to the people whose identities were stolen and used on that site? Their lives will be ruined.
It is not the public's responsibility to judge or prosecute/persecute. Give the database to the authorities.
> I'd be very surprised if you kept the same opinion, that publicly outing those individuals, was not a fit punishment for the crime. Given that, then this entire conversation is completely subjective, and based entirely on your opinion about cheating, lying, and infidelity.
This has nothing to do with what the people were doing and everything to do with mob justice and innocent people caught in the crossfire.
Public disclosure of personal information is irresponsible and hurts everyone associated with the exposed.
How is public shaming justice? Who are you to decide who and how to punish? What's an acceptable amount of innocent people to expose as cheaters/child traffickers? What about the amount of innocent family members and friends of the exposed that will get to experience this as well?
How many of the gay men in Saudi Arabia exposed by this hack are allowed to be stoned to death before the ends do not justify the public exposure?
This is still an irresponsible exposure of personal information. This is still vigilante justice.
What happens to the people whose identities were stolen and used on that site? Their lives will be ruined.
It is not the public's responsibility to judge or prosecute/persecute. Give the database to the authorities.
> I'd be very surprised if you kept the same opinion, that publicly outing those individuals, was not a fit punishment for the crime. Given that, then this entire conversation is completely subjective, and based entirely on your opinion about cheating, lying, and infidelity.
This has nothing to do with what the people were doing and everything to do with mob justice and innocent people caught in the crossfire.
Public disclosure of personal information is irresponsible and hurts everyone associated with the exposed.
How is public shaming justice? Who are you to decide who and how to punish? What's an acceptable amount of innocent people to expose as cheaters/child traffickers? What about the amount of innocent family members and friends of the exposed that will get to experience this as well?
How many of the gay men in Saudi Arabia exposed by this hack are allowed to be stoned to death before the ends do not justify the public exposure?