Hackers have stolen and leaked personal information from Ashley Madison, an online cheating site with the tagline: "Life is short. Have an affair." New advice columnist for New York Magazine Heather Havrilesky asks whether this counts as public shaming or vigilantism. Russel Brandom, reporter for The Verge, looks at the data breach.
What do you think: do the cheaters on Ashley Madison deserve to be outed? Or is breaking the promise of anonymity wrong? 212-433-9692
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 22, 2015
@BrianLehrer If you are going to clandestine places to intentionally break a vow, then you already know you deserve to be outed.
— NoneOther TheBrother (@OneOnlyBrother) July 22, 2015
We're good at monitoring $ fraud but we don't know yet how to protect ppl using "anonymous" services -@russellbrandom pic.twitter.com/cCYMpkuLN7
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 22, 2015
According to the head of Ashley Madison's @TEDTalks: among users < 35, women and men are split 50-50. After 35, many more men than women.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 22, 2015
Another Ashley Madison stat: # of single women looking for married lovers (28%) is far greater than single men looking for married lovers.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 22, 2015
And because we were just too curious: here's @ashleymadison CEO @noelbiderman's TED talk: (@TEDTalks) https://t.co/pRpMbg2f4L
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 22, 2015
@BrianLehrer since outing the users and the users behavior were unethical, I think it cancels out and we can feel ok about it.
— Adam Fernandez (@DarkmatterRU) July 22, 2015