Isn't that like saying that the victim of a wire tap is the phone company?
I want the perps' mugshots like these famous ones.
Posted on 09/17/2008 1:47:32 PM PDT by AUJenn
Sometime early this morning, between approximately 3:00am - 4:00am, members of an infamous group of hackers broke into Gov. Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo e-mail account. The incriminating discussion threads included screenshots of Palin’s e-mail and private e-mail addresses of her contacts. The threads have since been deleted.
Hacking e-mail is a federal crime. A TV anchor who broke into his colleague’s e-mail account recently pleaded guilty and faces a maximum five years in prison.
The law will catch up to the hackers, but what about the lowlifes who are now gleefully splashing the alleged contents of Palin’s private e-mail account all over the Internet?
The Gawker smear machine — see here for all the background you need — has posted private family photos of Palin’s children that were apparently stolen from the e-mail account.
They have used Bristol Palin’s illegally obtained private cell phone number from her mom’s private account, recorded her voicemail message, and posted it on their website.
They have reprinted her husband Todd’s private e-mail address and son Track’s private e-mail address.
You think this is just a harmless prank? Those of you who have had to deal with break-ins and identity theft know exactly what a burdensome process it is to recover from crimes like this.
Gawker knowingly and deliberately published illegally obtained photos of the Palin children.
Where are the privacy absolutists now?
You think Palin Derangement Syndrome is bad now? These by-any-means-necessary lunatics are just warming up.
Let me repeat what I said about Nick Denton and his slime businesses in 2006. It’s every bit as relevant now. And I expect the same cowards who said nothing then to remain silent about the violations of the Palin family’s privacy now:
Somewhere, there's a 19-year-old kid, sitting in his Mom's basement surrounded by pizza boxes, that's going to to have a very, very bad day soon.
I disagree. Yes, they 'broke' into the Yahoo server, but what they took was Palin's private coorespondence so they are both victims. Beyond that, it is a felony. It really does not matter who the victim is or what the victim thinks.
Isn't that like saying that the victim of a wire tap is the phone company?
I want the perps' mugshots like these famous ones.
I dunno, this is a very public person's account with secret service protections. I think the world will be crashing down on the people who did this.
This isn't a he said, she said thing, this is a proven hack and easily tracable.
You are correct. Remember Bernadette Dohrn and William Ayers. Blowing up buildings and people, feeling no remorse and saying they didn't do enough. Come January they just might honored guests at the White House.
Well, you pay for telephone service while you pay nothing for a Yahoo Account.
Again, obviously, a crime has been committed and in the end charges will be brought.
And at some point Gov. Palin will be asked why she used a Yahoo account to conduct state business.
I don't trust them with my private communication (which is not hot stuff by any means). I have a Yahoo account, as well as a Hotmail/MSN account. I don't use them; they're strictly for a time where I may not be able to get to my client (doubtful). I don't trust online accounts. Never will. Heck, I don't really trust any accounts...
The only thing I’d trust Yahoo Mail for is as a “throwaway” address for website registrations — that way if some a-hole admin gives the address to spammers, it’s no big deal.
I work for a small company of which I am part owner and if an employee used Yahoo for company communication they would be fired.
There are very few sites I’m registered at, and they are all well known sites, and the information I have had to provide is minimal.
Yes, I could use Yahoo and others for this purpose, have thought of it. I just have an aversion to getting too acquainted with them. If I don’t like their politics, I don’t like using them as a portal, for any purpose...
Good policy. I’m retired so that’s not an issue. But I take few chances when online. I don’t need the hassle, don’t need the aggravation. And I don’t have the temperament :) to put up with much BS...
Leftists are absolutely amazing... but not in a good way. The double standard is alive and well with the liberals.
What was the excuse (basis) used for Roe v Wade? Privacy.
Privacy has been bantered about by liberals for many years.
Yet direct invasion of someone’s privacy for their own political gain... no problem.
This is so absolutely disgusting.
Wow, I went out for a couple of hours to volunteer and all heck breaks loose.
My husband works with a lot of former Secret Service people who did protection details. He is out of town today, but I will get the skinny on what they might do. I do know that the have a cyber-crimes unit.
Just a thought, Obama asked his people to lay off Sarah Palin’s family. It doesn’t say much for his leadership skills when they pull this kind of garbage does it?
Looks like wikileaks has been taken down.......
IMO, your interpretation is limited far more than the actual law itself. Her privacy has been violated and she, and her family members, could have a civil case that might award damages, of they wanted to pursue it.
The break-in, if you would, involves Yahoo, but the dissemination of her Emails and photos and the other information, directly involves her and her family.
So, in a short phrase, you are wrong.
These are the same lowlifes who illegally hacked into Michael Steele’s credit reports. Then the two individuals who carried out that operation got “fired” and continued to get paid for several months thereafter (until after the election, I believe.)
First, there is No Right to Privacy.
However, there is a right to Property and it was Yahoo’s property that was violated. Nonetheless, a crime was committed and the perps should be prosecuted.
Again, I am still not comfortable with a High Ranking Government Official using Yahoo to conduct official state business.
“Obama asked his people to lay off Sarah Palin’s family.”
You don’t seriously think he meant it, do you? It was just rhetoric to make him look good — and his fingers were crossed when he said it.
I have to wonder if Matthew Mosk of the WA Post had anything to do with this?
Not true, hacking in to another person’s private email account is s federal crime. Larry Mendte, former news anchor at KYW-TV in Philadelphia, recently pled guilty to hacking his former co-anchor Alycia Lane’s email. It was not a crime against Yahoo, it was a crime against Lane.
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