Monday, September 22, 2008

Hacking Incident of Governor Palin's Email

I think this incident just re-enforces the argument that we were having the other day of how the Internet's lines of privacy are getting more and more blurred by the day. Most people who use the internet for business purposes and not only for leisure, would agree that email correspondence and even searching through search engines is a private and personal affair and no one has the right to view it, be it through hacking or any other manner. Just as the cell phone and face to face interactions are considered personal interactions, the internet is also a personal space for many, and invasion of that is parallel to tapping a cell phone. I firmly believe that lines need to be drawn and it be clarified that it is NOT ON to view others personal activities on the internet.

3 comments:

BG said...

I agree as well that line need to be drawn. This giant grey area of the internet has been expanding for a while and will continue in that direction until something stops it.

Max said...

The problem with the Palin email "hacking" is that there was no actual hacking involved. What happened was that the "hacker" used her user name to recover her password because he "secret" question and other information were legitimately filled in. It only took a few hours of wikipedia/google research and a little guesswork to get a new password for the account. Palin should never have been using a public email client as her personal email, that is the true crime.

BG said...

Good point Max... Palin should have been smarter from the beginning about what email client to use for business.