Comments on: Office worker jailed for exposing his ex-boss’s private emails http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: David Scrimshawhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-98220 David Scrimshaw Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-98220 Hi Mark, I understand what you're saying. It is just that to my mind, the privacy violation was the big crime. Hi Mark,

I understand what you're saying. It is just that to my mind, the privacy violation was the big crime.

]]> By: David Scrimshawhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-267986 David Scrimshaw Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-267986 Hi Mark,I understand what you're saying. It is just that to my mind, the privacy violation was the big crime. Hi Mark,

I understand what you’re saying. It is just that to my mind, the privacy violation was the big crime.

]]> By: Mark O'Neillhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-98189 Mark O'Neill Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:43:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-98189 I was just making the point that when taking down people who commit criminal acts, it isn't always the "big crimes" that the prosecutors focus on but instead the little things. They got Capone for tax evasion and they got this idiot for privacy violations. I'm not sitting in judgment saying that one crime is more serious than the other. I was just making the point that when taking down people who commit criminal acts, it isn't always the "big crimes" that the prosecutors focus on but instead the little things. They got Capone for tax evasion and they got this idiot for privacy violations.

I'm not sitting in judgment saying that one crime is more serious than the other.

]]> By: Mark O'Neillhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-267985 Mark O'Neill Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:43:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-267985 I was just making the point that when taking down people who commit criminal acts, it isn't always the "big crimes" that the prosecutors focus on but instead the little things. They got Capone for tax evasion and they got this idiot for privacy violations.I'm not sitting in judgment saying that one crime is more serious than the other. I was just making the point that when taking down people who commit criminal acts, it isn’t always the “big crimes” that the prosecutors focus on but instead the little things. They got Capone for tax evasion and they got this idiot for privacy violations.

I’m not sitting in judgment saying that one crime is more serious than the other.

]]> By: David Scrimshawhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-98180 David Scrimshaw Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-98180 I can't agree with the Al Capone analogy. Violating someone's privacy and causing them deep humiliation seems much more serious to me than unauthorized file retrieval from a computer. I can't agree with the Al Capone analogy.

Violating someone's privacy and causing them deep humiliation seems much more serious to me than unauthorized file retrieval from a computer.

]]> By: David Scrimshawhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-267984 David Scrimshaw Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-267984 I can't agree with the Al Capone analogy.Violating someone's privacy and causing them deep humiliation seems much more serious to me than unauthorized file retrieval from a computer. I can’t agree with the Al Capone analogy.

Violating someone’s privacy and causing them deep humiliation seems much more serious to me than unauthorized file retrieval from a computer.

]]> By: bobhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-98174 bob Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-98174 Better moral: don't put in writing anything that you don't want to see on the front page of the <i>New York Times</i>. Better moral: don't put in writing anything that you don't want to see on the front page of the New York Times.

]]> By: bobhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-267983 bob Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-267983 Better moral: don't put in writing anything that you don't want to see on the front page of the <i>New York Times</i>. Better moral: don’t put in writing anything that you don’t want to see on the front page of the New York Times.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-98173 Mike Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-98173 True moral of the story? Don't send compromising email. True moral of the story? Don't send compromising email.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-267982 Mike Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-267982 True moral of the story? Don't send compromising email. True moral of the story? Don’t send compromising email.

]]> By: sir jorgehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-98171 sir jorge Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-98171 dang, there goes my future plan. dang, there goes my future plan.

]]> By: sir jorgehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/08/14/office-worker-jailed-for-exposing-his-ex-bosss-private-emails/#comment-267981 sir jorge Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=4208#comment-267981 dang, there goes my future plan. dang, there goes my future plan.

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