Don’t gloat about the Ashley Madison leak. It’s about way more than infidelity. (SJWs targeted)

The Washington (com)Post ^ | 08/19/2015 | Michael E. Miller

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Amid reports that hackers apparently had posted online the personal and financial information for up to 40 million members of the infidelities-R-us Web site Ashley Madison, some Americans responded Tuesday night with a shrug.

Just as many, however, responded with a smirk.

Call it schadenfreude. Or, to use the parlance of our high-tech, low sympathy times, a collective lulz. But many people took to Twitter to express their amusement at what seemed to them like poetic justice.

[Hackers claim to have leaked Ashley Madison data trove online]

“Who knew paying money to cheat on your spouse had consequences? #AshleyMadison,” one person tweeted sarcastically.

“Sometimes hackers can actually do a lot of good for society,” wrote another.

“All the Ashley Madison users who got their data put out in the open deserved it lol,” added a third, alongside a smiley face.

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When they came for the Social Justice Warriors I did nothing, because I hated Social Justice Warriors.

[sauropod]

Why are the leakers of the information “SJWs?”

This does not compute.

[Old Sarge]

When they came for the Social Justice Warriors, I pointed and laughed, because SCHADENFREUDE, BABY!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Gamergate hackers are using the info to go after SJWs.

[VanShuyten]

“...security experts quickly noted that there were 15,000 .mil or .gov e-mail addresses among those used for the site.”

I’m sure many of those are fakes, but I’m also sure a lot of those used their work emails to avoid snooping into their private emails.

The .edu ones could be fun, too.

The hand-wringing about loss of privacy on the web by the author is just icing on the cake.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Even better.

[infowarrior]

Why are the leakers of the information “SJWs?”

This does not compute.

The 'leakers' aren't the SJWs, some of the leaked data are possibly SJWs by the '.edu' urls in the leaked portion of the database...

the infowarrior

[tbw2]

I can imagine a group of Muslim hackers doing this just as a way to tweak the West, stand up for “family values”, and potentially make money in the process.

[pepsi_junkie]

If the intent is to “out” people to their spouses, providing financial data on the internet is a terrible idea. For spouses most of this sort of information is linked to them too. In essence it comes down to “your husband cheated on you, and now your identity is going to be stolen too.”

[Buckeye McFrog]

If this was done by Muslim hackers they probably found every member of the Saudi Royal Family in there.

[arthurus]

The hand-wringing about loss of privacy on the web

is surely due to the number of WaPo editors' addresses to be found in the data dump.

[PGR88]

When they came for the social justice warriors I said: “well done! Where can I sign up?!”

[chesley]

It’s not that I don’t care about SJWs; I do care, very much.

But whatever happens to them is deserved. It may happen in a way that should not be allowed. But that’s a separate issue.

[LonePalm]

Why would Single Jewish Women be using Ashley Madison?

Sounds like antisemitism on the part of the hackers.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[DavidLSpud]

I wonder how many got an email offering to remove their names...for a fee?

[Cementjungle]

According to Drudge, an account can be setup on there using any email address without any sort of verification. Tony Blairs email address was in there. So, the existance of an email addr in there doesn't mean that the owner of that email addr had any knowledge of it.

But, if the hack reveals more than just account info, like conversations or actual credit card info, then there might be something.

[ctdonath2]

I’ve been following the GamerGate thing for a long time now, and am still puzzled why those involved are SO adamant, to wit why the SJWs are picking _gamers_ to beat up on so aggressively, and why gaming news media tolerates/supports it when obviously their vast majority of clientele don’t agree/care.

[chesley]

Well, my point is that they fact that people can, and do, do this sort of thing is wrong. The perps should be punished severely, if caught.

But that doesn't mean that I feel any sympathy for the “victims”, assuming that they actually did it, and I suspect that most of them did. Could be wrong.

[Drew68]

I wonder how many got an email offering to remove their names...for a fee?

Ashley Madison offered to delete any member's records at their request for a $19 charge, and then didn't. This was one of the beefs these hackers had with AM.

[Drew68]

I’m also sure a lot of those used their work emails to avoid snooping into their private emails.

This would be inconceivably stupid. Work email, particularly .gov email is snooped a lot closer than private email. If you don't want your private email snooped, you set up another private email address.

Email verification was never required to sign up to Ashley Madison. An email address was requested to sign up but it didn't have to be a real one. You could sign up with a fake one, or someone else's email address if you wanted.