Where do you draw the line between public and private for government officials. Political candidates have long accepted that the press will invade privacy into areas of family and friendships that no private individual has to worry about. But even there, generally people have shown restraint in putting every aspect of an official's life under the microscope. Yesterday, however, an activist group which previously had targetted scientology revealed that they had hacked Covernor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail and were publishing the results to the world on the website Wikileaks.
This action is unacceptable (and probably illegal). While it was unwise of Governor Palin to do any business on an unsecured server, there is no justification for hacking into the private communications of another person without court order and no logical rationale for making them public record.
Suddenly, I am guessing McCain's people are glad he doesn't know how to use a computer.
grrrrrr
YanıtlaSilHacking someone's email is a federal offense and the FBI are already on the case. According to news reports, they don't think the person responsible will be too hard to track down. They have to make an example of this person. Nearly everyone in the country could be the victim of this sort of thing if it is not aggresively prosecuted.
YanıtlaSilI agree with shadowmom, a case this high profile is the perfect chance to make an example with.
YanıtlaSilI'm guessing the M/P tech people are now teaching Palin about the beauty - and ease - of a secure connection.
Plus, I am guessing Yahoo has the people who run their security division in a dark room, being whipped by ethernet cords.
YanıtlaSilEven if you try to justify this by saying that she was doing government business with her Yahoo account and the government e-mails should be part of public record, I don't see where they get the justification to publish her contact list and personal e-mails.
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