So wait- thousands of people are openly confessing to "hacking" into protected computers via unauthorized access methods? Isn't this a criminal offense when perpetrated over state lines, a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act..? And how about fraud, conspiracy, illegitimately stealing services, and the like?<p>Meanwhile, OTHER people-- security researches, trolls, whoever-- some maybe have told the media about private data being shared on open links-- they get to go to jail.<p>It's almost like criminal laws are selectively enforced against people who corporate and powerful special interests don't like, and flagrantly ignored when broken by members of the establishment.
I have a lot of respect for WSJ for actually having a paywall. I find this a lot more honest than the ad-based "social contract".<p>Never will I understand the moral obligation to allow a third party to try to manipulate me into buying something unrelated that I don't need in order to be allowed to read what I actually want to read. If you don't want me to read something without paying, then do just that. Don't try to control and subvert my computer to show me ads.
Buzzfeed, seriously? I know they have some professional investigative journalism articles[0], but this certainly isn't one of them.<p>0.<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket?utm_term=.nrekqvogkj#.pqx01ge20M" rel="nofollow">https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket?utm_te...</a>