It's funny how nobody seems to care about privacy anymore. A site was hacked, and private conversations and emails are spread around the mainstream media...and everyone just accepts it.

It's good to know that warrants are pretty much useless. If I want to get information out of someone..I can just hack into their systems/get malware installed on their computers and freely use the information and anything I've recorded to crucify them in public and maybe even in court.

The data was hacked, true. I also wish hackers respected people's privacy, but they don't appear to share that sentiment.

If the people responsible are ever apprehended, I'm sure they will face substantial jail time or worse, depending on their country.

None of this information leaked would stand up in court, as it should be, because it was attained by illegal means.

With all that said, just like any other piece of information in history that is leaked to the press, from government documents to private communications, if it has news value, it is reported on. Doesn't justify what the hackers did, but collectively sticking our heads in the sand about the contents of the hack, simply because we disagree with the way it was attained, is idealistic fantasy with no basis in reality. On that premise, any piece of information ever leaked by a whistleblower would have had to have been discarded immediately because it was illegally obtained. Sure, I agree that a lot of the stuff reported in this Sony hack, like Joel McHale wanting a discount on televisions, may not have been newsworthy. That's certainly up for debate, but clearly this information is newsworthy and I don't see any reason why the media shouldn't report on it, the media didn't do the hacking....

"Doesn't justify what the hackers did, but collectively sticking our heads in the sand about the contents of the hack, simply because we disagree with the way it was attained, is idealistic fantasy with no basis in reality."

Which is why hackers keep doing it. I'm glad I'm tech savvy. It's pretty easy to destroy a company or a person you don't like..Just knock out their wireless hotspot, collect private information, release anonymously, and repeat.

Don't complain when cameras are installed everywhere and more of our privacy is taken away. You already just admit that it doesn't seem to matter to you.

"None of this information leaked would stand up in court, as it should be, because it was attained by illegal means."

This doesn't matter anymore. People are tried and found guilty by social justice warriors and other social networking mobs. Hastag propaganda has become the norm.

I thought there were at least some smart people left in the US, but now it really makes me wonder. I can sway public opinion (for political or monetary gain) pretty easily through almost all Social networks.