Comments on: Should A Blog Publish Hacked Information? TechCrunch Did

By: Francis Simisim

Francis Simisim — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:42:24 +0000

I think it’s wrong, it’s like promoting to the world that you should hack websites.

By: D

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:07:20 +0000

I would upload it to geocities and post just link to it

By: jp

jp — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:42:52 +0000

Isn’t it illegal to read any stolen information if you are aware that it is stolen, whether or not you publish it? I thought that “legally” you were required to turn it over to the authorities or something like that upon finding out it is stolen. Just the impression I was under for some reason, not sure why. I could be very wrong.

By: steve dowripple

steve dowripple — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:32:39 +0000

Hey guys, the house and the end of the street leaves their back door unlocked all the time. They’ll be out all week. Just letting the world know.

By: Domain Investor

Domain Investor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:26:18 +0000

I also read that yesterday on TechCrunch.
It really bothered me for a couple reasons.

1. Michael knows better since he was a lawyer in the venture capital industry.

2. By publishing it, he is promoting the hackers actions and others will copy cat it.

3. The information was probably confidential that they would not want publish.

4. The information was stolen. And, he is attempting to profit (more traffic) from stolen information.

I realize no one would have known but I refused to read past the first couple sentences. I felt it was none of my business.

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:12:38 +0000

I agree with Reece!

By: Reece Berg

Reece Berg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:59:04 +0000

Legal or not, it’s definitely unethical in my opinion. I wouldn’t post a company’s confidential information for a few extra page views…