The hacking of Ashley Madison, the cheat on your spouse “dating” site, was a badge of honor for whomever “cheated” the system and shared the data on millions of registered users. I think it’s a frikkin riot, myself, since the site tag line is, ‘Life is Short. Have an Affair.’
For more than a few of them, “Life just got a lot longer,” and sadly for some, a lot shorter if suspicions are correct.
Regardless of your thoughts about the value of the sanctity of marriage or the free-market nature of Ashley Madison’s business model (find a need, fill a need), there isn’t much sympathy for the ‘victims’ of the hack.
A recent collection of feedback at USA Today from readers showed an overwhelming tendency for people to say that the Ashley Madison subscribers were basically getting what they had coming to them. I would hope that this doesn’t include suicide, but I have to admit that I’m rather sympathetic with the crowd on this one. If you went out looking for a way to cheat on your spouse and you got caught – even through some strange internet hacking scheme beyond your control – you really shouldn’t expect a lot of sympathy if everyone starts treating you like a dirtbag.
Dirt bags.
Jazz’ article focuses more on the issue of whether anyone has standing to win a lawsuit against the site for failing to protect their information (to which the answer appears to be no), but go check it out if you are interested in those thoughts.
