What is your opinion on the "Ashley Madison Hack"?

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padib said:

Soundwave said:

We're just going to have to agree to disagree if you think infidelity is on par with murder and pedophilia, because there's no arguement you can make that will logically work for me on that. 

If you're really shocked to find out your significant other was on a website like this too, IMO you were lying to yourself most likely for a long time to begin with anyway. 

We know human beings like to fuck. I'm just putting that bluntly because it's hardwired into our DNA, to deny that is to be naive, we wouldn't exist if we didn't have an overwhelming urge to want to do so. I'm not saying that's a good thing per se, but it is a survival mechanism. So I don't really believe in all the "shaming" that comes with it. 

No it's not a great thing to do, but neither is eating yourself to obesity or indulging in too much drinking, yet we're not surprised that some people like to eat a lot or drink a lot, sex is far more pleasurable than either of those things, why is it such a shock to some people that some people have trouble controlling how much sex they have? It doesn't surprise me, and I don't neccessarily think it's the end of the world. 

In terms of these hackers, I don't think they have the right to put their pain of likely being cheated on themselves and intrude on so many people's lives like this. If your girlfriend wasn't faithful, I'm sorry, but that doesn't give you the right to cause a broad spectrum of people pain, including people who never followed through on anything or family members who don't want this information public. 

Morals are a very personal thing and so it's very normal that we disagree. What I will tell you is that what you define as a struggle, I can just as easily describe as a severe breach of trust on what is a covenant of trust and loyalty. And of course you can argue the opposite way if I argued that pedophilia was a real struggle for some individuals.

As for hackers, they are real and will always exist, much like pirates. You can complain all you want, but they don't operate on the same moral playing field as you do and so I would advise you to perceive them more pragmatically.

More pragmatically says the poster who views hackers as heroes who help the community.