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by smsm42 4775 days ago
>>> It wasn't private info, it was email addresses. They aren't treated as private

Maybe not by you. But for those to whom they belonged they certainly were private and not meant to be disclosed. BTW, somehow I don't see your email address in your profile either even though you could easily put it there.

>>>> Another way to tell you're just manufacturing outrage here

I'm not "manufacturing" anything, I just state the facts - one of the facts is the the emails were private and Auernheimer accessed them without authorization, thus committing a crime.

>>> Repeatedly your main complaint about weev has been his disrespect for authority

This is completely false, it wasn't neither my "main" complaint, not any other complaint - I never complained about anything like that, which is obvious to anybody who read it. Which of course does not prevent you to claim the contrary, as you seem to be an expert at ignoring reality and substituting your own fantasy instead.

>>> Without this security audit they'd still be in the dark.

It was "security audit" the same way as a mugging is "personal belongings safety audit". Word games are not going to change reality anywhere but in your head.

>>> You're more concerned with jailing those who disrespect your surrogate authority

Again, this is completely false - nobody talked about any respect to any authority. What we were talking about is unlawful and unauthorized access to private data - which of course has nothing to do with filming public servants appearing in public and your subsequent fantasies on what may happen next.

>>> God, I know. Don't you just hate idiot politicians

You're trying to change the topic again. By now you should have noticed I would detect such attempts and point them out.

>>> Really? They look like it from my point of view.

This is because your point of view has nothing to do with reality and is completely based in fantasy, which I amply illustrated here. You think if you call something by different words and misrepresent facts, they would actually be something completely different, but that is not going to happen. Bunch of trolls getting into private data store and unlawfully taking data remains a bunch of trolls getting into private data store and unlawfully taking data, call it "audit" or "honey bee" or "bologna sandwich".

>>> You seem easily led by anyone who says something catchy

As I do not know if English is your native language, I give you benefit of the doubt and inform you that calling somebody a "douchebag" in English does not actually implies he looks like a hygienic product and can be used as one. It implies he is an arrogant, insufferable and extremely repulsive personality, compounded with over-inflated self-worth and actions often characterized with complete disregard over the harm they cause to others. There's nothing "juvenile" in using this to describe someone who actually fits this description, it is very common turn of phrase.

>>> It's pretty obvious you're upset because you're an authoritarian

I'm not upset at the least - why would I be? I'm not the one getting in trouble here, so I have nothing to be upset about. I just point out the reasons why Auernheimer is treated like he is, and the fact is that he and his personality the main cause of it. Your attempts to telepathically read my brain over the internet and deduce my political and moral leanings resulted in a miserable failure.