Hackers to Ashley Madison website: Pay up or we reveal the name of all your cheaters!

[Teelie]

It does no one any good to release all that ugly information. I have no sympathy for those who used or tried to use the site but for everyone else they know, that is tragic for them.

Spouses will find out their husband or wife was looking to cheat, their children will find out (and so will their classmates), their co-workers and boss, friends, family. Anyone with a grudge or enimity towards them now has more ammuntion to use. Expect people to get randomly trolled, threatened, mocked or otherwise chatised for it.

It ironically hurts the people around them more than the people involved in it themselves.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

It does no one any good to release all that ugly information. I have no sympathy for those who used or tried to use the site but for everyone else they know, that is tragic for them.

Spouses will find out their husband or wife was looking to cheat, their children will find out (and so will their classmates), their co-workers and boss, friends, family. Anyone with a grudge or enimity towards them now has more ammuntion to use. Expect people to get randomly trolled, threatened, mocked or otherwise chatised for it.

It ironically hurts the people around them more than the people involved in it themselves.

But there are millions of people who consider cheating online who will think twice now.

 

[Teelie]

Haha, no. People will just be more careful now. And that says nothing of all the people in the lives of those already exposed.

 

[Erzengel]

Right now, again it's just e-mail addresses leaked.

You would think that most people would have come up with a separate e-mail address their spouse wouldn't know about. But then again, a lot of people are dumb.

 

[Teelie]

Like 15,000 or so government and military email addresses that are said to be a part of it? It's like how stupid are you to use an official email address like that?

They leaked everything btw, not just the email addresses. That is just one way to search the massive database of info that's out there.

 

[Erzengel]

I misspoke. Yes they released 10G of e-mail, addresses and names. But I meant right now, I think the only thing that's searchable on some of the leaked sites are e-mails.

 

[Teelie]

There is at least one torrent of it up somewhere already. I have not looked for it but it's only a matter of time before someone compiles it into an even more comprehensive searchable format.

 

[Majik1387]

And of course, the disgusting cesspool that is Josh Duggar is on the list.
http://gaw.kr/LUMIu5x

 

[Thundercrack85]

Okay. I'm coming off the fence. I am loving this.

 

[Teelie]

I'm not. One reprehensible name does not undo the damage it will cause to everyone else who was innocent.

It doesn't surprise me someone like him would be there, although there are a few others I would expect to have been found out sooner.

 

[jmc]

The release of this information does nothing but hurt individuals not the company. Regardless of where you stand on the website services itself literally thousands of lives could potentially be ruined from this. So these moral crusaders who hacked into Ashley Madison haven't achieved much, in fact their actions are only going to hurt the users. Those people who sign up to that site don't deserve to be publicly named and shamed, they've committed no crime.

 

[Greens]

The release of this information does nothing but hurt individuals not the company. Regardless of where you stand on the website services itself literally thousands of lives could potentially be ruined from this. So these moral crusaders who hacked into Ashley Madison haven't achieved much, in fact their actions are only going to hurt the users. Those people who sign up to that site don't deserve to be publicly named and shamed, they've committed no crime.

Exactly.

I would hate to be in the shoes of these users.

 

[Thundercrack85]

No one forced these people to sign up to a cheating website. You reap what you sow.

I'm all for privacy, and the right to do whatever you want, provided it hurts no one. But aggravated infidelity?

I'll play the world's tiniest violin for you.

 

[Greens]

No one forced these people to sign up to a cheating website. You reap what you sow.

I'm all for privacy, and the right to do whatever you want, provided it hurts no one. But aggravated infidelity?

So what you're saying is, you're all for privacy except when people do things you don't approve of.

 

[Thundercrack85]

So what you're saying is, you're all for privacy except when people do things you don't approve of.

Morally reprehensible things. Yes.

I don't see anything wrong with schadenfreude when it comes to an adulterer being caught with his pants down.

 

[DeadPresident]

Are people defending deceit and immorality here? I wonder what happens if we extend the logic that there should be mechanisms for people to use so they don't need to take responsibility for their actions.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Are people defending deceit and immorality here? I wonder what happens of we extend the logic that there should be mechanisms for people to use so they don't need to take responsibility for their actions.

With all the pro-adulterer reactions in this thread, I am starting to wonder if some of our forum members' e-mails aren't in that leak.

 

[Greens]

Are people defending deceit and immorality here?

Yes. I say we all cheat on our significant others. **** 'em.

 

[Erzengel]

I doubt it. They'd have to to start talking to A woman first before they can do the whole date, gf, fiance, wedding then cheat.

 

[Thundercrack85]

For the record, I am not saying that this should be legal to hack into websites and steal info. I am just admitting that I am enjoying watching these horrible people twist in the wind.

That's all.

 

[DeadPresident]

So what you're saying is, you're all for privacy except when people do things you don't approve of.

So now deceiving one's spouse deliberately and committing adultery is morally grey...? Really?

 

[Teelie]

With all the pro-adulterer reactions in this thread, I am starting to wonder if some of our forum members' e-mails aren't in that leak.

It's funny that you say that seeing as there are what, maybe one or two people defending the site itself while the rest of us are pointing out how it is going to harm everyone related to them.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Josh Duggar is in that leak. Don't ruin this for me with hypotheticals.

 

[Greens]

So now deceiving one's spouse deliberately and committing adultery is morally grey...? Really?

No, but neither is having them account for their actions to the whole world. These things should be kept between people to whom it pertains.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Well, they burned that bridge when they signed up to a massive online website in the era of mass hackings.

But hey, at least his credit card information is safe. Kind of sad that Ashley Madison is better at keeping your financial data safe than Sony or Target.

But hey, those divorce lawyers won't pay themselves.