Twitter Hacked. Internal docs released. Ethics & Hypocrisy.
Interesting story on TechCrunch about a hacking incident @Twitter.
TechCrunch received a series of internal documents from a hacker and has decided to make some of them available. Brings up some interesting ethical issues, which Michael Arrington addresses in another post…
Personally, I’m not exactly sure how this isn’t analogous to buying stolen property, but I’m not going to pretend I’m not interested in seeing the confidential Twitter documents. Let’s face it….as readers (and commenters) of online news and blogs — whether it’s “serious journalism” @ TechCrunch or entertainment news/gossip on TMZ.com — we are all voyeurs! And no one likes voyeurism more than sanctimonious, moral high ground proselytizing folks who challenge “ethics”.
The folks most upset by the “ethical concerns” are the ones who will be most thorough in reviewing EVERYTHING the TC crew decides to make available — just as the highest rates of subscription to adult sites are in states that have some of the highest church-going rates in the country (see details on CNBC.com).
Hypocrisy abounds!