- The site says that it has suspended fees for users who want to delete their accounts.
Another site reporting the hack said this:
- The hackers have appointed themselves as "the moral judge, juror, and executioner, seeing fit to impose a personal notion of virtue on all of society," Avid Life Media said in a statement.
One could interpret it that way. Another interpretation could be that the hackers believe honesty is the best policy, and maybe dishonest people should live more openly.
or maybe double lives make the world go round. Perhaps the message is that sooner or later your double life will punch you in the head.
I doubt this hack will have any long-term effect on anything. What do you think?
I think it's interesting that the hackers are willing to assert that 95% of the female accounts are made up, but not that any percentage of the male accounts are. I dunno. I've looked at a couple pastes and they don't contain what the media purports they contain. This whole thing seems... concocted to me. My theory? Former Ashley Madison employee has the keys to the kingdom and blackmailed Ashley Madison about releasing the data. Ashley Madison isn't all that worried because most of their data is fiction. It's like Reddit - nobody gives a shit about it if it's got 800,000 users. 8 million? ZOMG. Better give them $50m in case they ever come up with a profit. I mean, this is just reaching: OTTOWA?But Ashley Madison members might not necessarily be cheating. The federal government employee who spoke to Global News suggested the highly-educated people in Ottawa might be more open-minded and willing to talk about open relationships.
It's probably going to close Ashley Madison, who will then re-open as another entity. This whole concept is based on someone being able to keep a secret, but if there's no way you can trust Ashley Madison to do that then why would you go through with it? So AM will close, and Avid will open another site based on absolute discretion and security for your dirty little secrets. Bing, bang, boom.
uh... except for several marriages. and the balance sheets for several divorce attorneys. I mean maybe not - but I think it's safe to say that some spouses won't love the revelation that they're being at least mentally cheated on.I doubt this hack will have any long-term effect on anything.
Honestly, I have to agree with the article - long-term it will not have changed anything, because let's face it, there's two types of people who sign up for this: people who are already in a relationship that's not exactly stable or even pleasant, and the people who have made sure their partners are okay with it. It was a ticking time bomb - it will just have hastened it.
Is this 20% of the adult population, or 20% of the total population? Either way it does seem to be extraordinarily high.