I would assume the idea is that a corrupt official has already violated rights, so hacking would be a means to fix that injustice by revealing information.
Ok, lets go with that assumption.
The hacker is still only assuming that the victim of the hacking has done corrupt/rights violating things. They may have some evidence, but they lack proof. Only by violating rights (hacking) can they get the proof to reveal.
How is that any different from breaking into someone’s house while they’re away to find evidence of wrongdoing you suspect?
Do you mind reconciling this with your earlier statement that he is “anti-corruption”?
Hacking is an act of force and a violation of rights to my understanding.
Can someone be a rights violator “by profession” and yet be “anti-corruption”?
I don’t understand why some of the people on this website believe that everyone on the planet not only has read, but agrees with Ayn Rand’s philosophy for one. I also don’t understand why comments of this nature are assumed to be within a philosophical context rather than the common understanding without the qualifying context to suggest such.
One can be, be viewed, or believe (correctly or incorrectly) they are anti-corruption and be the source of a large variety of different actions, ideas, and so on within the common understanding of “anti-corruption”/“anti-establishment”
At any rate, as far as I am aware he is not hacking at this time, but rather being a public spokesman and editor-in-chief role in the releasing of anonymously submitted information. Obviously, more information about what he did before wikileaks can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange
This whole thing about not damaging harming computers your break into is actually a very interesting part of some hacker cultures and I had to read up a good bit on in incidentally when reading things on hacking, security, and so on for my Philosophy of Technology class last semester. However, thats a discussion all of its own and not terribly pertinent.
I don’t understand why some of the people on this website believe that everyone on the planet not only has read, but agrees with Ayn Rand’s philosophy for one. I also don’t understand why comments of this nature are assumed to be within a philosophical context rather than the common understanding without the qualifying context to suggest such.
I asked you an honest question and am baffled the nasty tone of your statement.
There was no nasty tone intended. This is why I try to avoid text conversations when I can…so much gets lost in the transfer of information.
The content of the quote I used above from your response to my question seemed to imply that there was something wrong with my asking the question. My assumption that is was pointed at me was based on your quoting of my statement. If I inferred that in error, apologies.
The content of the quote I used above from your response to my question seemed to imply that there was something wrong with my asking the question. My assumption that is was pointed at me was based on your quoting of my statement. If I inferred that in error, apologies.
Not at all, the quote system within that context only reinforced the view that it was a remark directed at you. I was multitasking away from the computer when I made the comment and I apparently did not clarify my intention as well as I should have. It was a general statement, no worries. I am the one to apologize here, so my apologies.
The hacker is still only assuming that the victim of the hacking has done corrupt/rights violating things. They may have some evidence, but they lack proof. Only by violating rights (hacking) can they get the proof to reveal.
Well, I think of the sort of people who are willing to pirate software because they think it’s unfair or an injustice how companies set their software distribution rules and permissions. I don’t mean hacking into a computer without permission to find out information before anything is known. Hacking doesn’t necessarily involve an unauthorized break in to computers or networks, though it might like in the example above.