Personal computing discussed
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Captain Ned wrote:You'd have to be a special kind of idiot to enroll on that site in your own name and with anything other than a disposable e-mail address.
Looking for Knowledge wrote:When drunk.....
I want to have sex, but find I am more likely to be shot down than when I am sober.
just brew it! wrote:I wonder if divorce lawyers are trolling the database for prospective clients?
Captain Ned wrote:just brew it! wrote:I wonder if divorce lawyers are trolling the database for prospective clients?
They probably paid for the hack knowing it would be money well-spent.
anotherengineer wrote:Captain Ned wrote:just brew it! wrote:I wonder if divorce lawyers are trolling the database for prospective clients?
They probably paid for the hack knowing it would be money well-spent.
LOLZ
anotherengineer wrote:So you on the list SSK??
MarkG509 wrote:I'd bet he is but only dates/flirts with his wife
Milo Burke wrote:MarkG509 wrote:I'd bet he is but only dates/flirts with his wife
And me, apparently.
tanker27 wrote:I downloaded the list out of curiosity, yeah, there's a lot of co-workers on it. Some were even dumb enough to use their company email! My company isnt that big compared to the other Fortune 500 ones, so word is going to travel fast. And I know I am not the only IT person who got a copy.
cphite wrote:tanker27 wrote:I downloaded the list out of curiosity, yeah, there's a lot of co-workers on it. Some were even dumb enough to use their company email! My company isnt that big compared to the other Fortune 500 ones, so word is going to travel fast. And I know I am not the only IT person who got a copy.
Sadly, this is an indication of how utterly clueless people tend to be in regards to online information.
To use your own, actual information in the first place is already stupid; it's not as though creating a new account with a fake name is difficult.
But to use a work address, or especially a government address... that is simply an astounding level of stupidity. Considering the number of companies that keep track of email traffic, not to mention the government... you truly have to be some kind of an idiot to do this.
uni-mitation wrote:cphite wrote:tanker27 wrote:I downloaded the list out of curiosity, yeah, there's a lot of co-workers on it. Some were even dumb enough to use their company email! My company isnt that big compared to the other Fortune 500 ones, so word is going to travel fast. And I know I am not the only IT person who got a copy.
Sadly, this is an indication of how utterly clueless people tend to be in regards to online information.
To use your own, actual information in the first place is already stupid; it's not as though creating a new account with a fake name is difficult.
But to use a work address, or especially a government address... that is simply an astounding level of stupidity. Considering the number of companies that keep track of email traffic, not to mention the government... you truly have to be some kind of an idiot to do this.
Some people deserve to lose their jobs not because of infidelity, but because of the sheer stupidity of exposing themselves to blackmail, and other insidious things.
just brew it! wrote:Yup, the mind boggles.
I wonder if divorce lawyers are trolling the database for prospective clients?
kamikaziechameleon wrote:There is two forces at play here. The crime of the hack which is a crime. But then there's the karmic fallout. One reaping what one has sowed and that whole bit.
canoli wrote:Any site named Ashley Madison deserves to get hacked - and if possible ripped up, shredded and blown out of existence.
God that ridiculous, focus-grouped, Upper East Side trendy b.s. name bothers me lol. They should've gone all the way and named it Ashley Madison Caleb Winston Jayden.
UnfriendlyFire wrote:I know some employers, especially the US government, demand credit score reports to verify that you're not sitting on $100,000 of debt and might be more inclined to take a $200,000 bribe to pay it off.
just brew it! wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/24/toronto-suicides-ashley-madison-hack