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

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TheLastStarFighter said:
No one should ever consider themselves a universal judge like this and what the hackers have done is terrible and could wreck lives.

Here's an example: A few months back my girlfriend said she had created an Ashley Madison account with a friend on a bored Saturday night to see if any of their co-workers were on there, one guy in particular who was always having affairs at work. She didn't pay anything, and didn't pay to have her registration deleted. Now, if she hadn't told me before and only told me this when the leak came out I would have potentially suspected her for being a past cheater. It could have created suspicion and ruined an otherwise happy relationship, without grounds.

Beyond examples of false blame, who knows what reasons people have. Perhaps a wife has lost all libido and granted her husband permission to have a discrete affair. The public knowledge could crush her. Even for those truly caught in the act, I've known women (and men) who had break downs after the whole community found out their sig other was a cheater. Can you imagine if the whole world knew? This could lead to suicide of not only cheaters, but victims of cheating too.

The hacking is evil, stupid, and will cause more harm than any of the cheaters ever did. The culprit is an idiot for thinking they are fit to judge and deal out justice. And this is coming from someone who despises cheating.

I find this very odd, the thought that some things are better off being lied about forever and that the family would be better off not knowing that someone was spending their families incoming to have sex with another married person... it's nuts.

Would be like someone having a go at the courts for bringing people up for fraud... like everyone was fine with it until the damn courts said about it, how dare they ruin lives of people who cheat!! like I said, nuts imo.