Likewise, those who blithely state “privacy is dead” as if they have no skin in the game, as if merely shrugging and accepting that we no longer have any rights as individuals, may be the most disheartening of all. Are we ready to agree that we, as citizens, have no recourse, that it’s perfectly natural that criminals and the corporate entities that fail to protect us from them would mishandle our assets and expose us all to fraud and identity theft and public attacks? Do we want our public servants targeting citizens by using information gained through criminal means?
From The Ashley Madison Hack Should Scare You, Too — The Cut
Ah, the joys of the 4th amendment…
If the crap is already out there that somebody else purloined…yeah, you don’t really need a search warrant to look at it. Fun times.