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alarimer

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38. This website is and has always been a scam.

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 03:07 PM

Aug 2015

There are plenty of places to meet others online, if that's your thing, that don't scam people and who will, when asked, delete your account. I'm sure that a website catering to cheaters is not the most above-board to begin with, so I wonder why anyone would trust it. I'm hoping the fallout includes the death of this website.

Personally, I think cheaters are scum, and a lot of these cheaters are idiots for using their work emails (that may be a firing offense and justifiably so), but I don't think identity theft is the appropriate punishment.

Yet, I'm sure there are more than a few moral scolds on that website who tell the rest of us how we're supposed to live, but they don't think they have to live by their own rules. So, for those people, I say

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Agschmid Aug 2015 OP

I'll tell you how I feel.... seaotter Aug 2015 #1

'"blackmailme.com'-> indeed nt HFRN Aug 2015 #2

I agree get the red out Aug 2015 #4

Indeed. And these are the only electrons I intend to waste on this particular story. n/t RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #53

Yeah, I agree. This doesn't really register on my outrage meter. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #54

You know this isn't the only website Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #22

I'm sure seaotter's comment still applies. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #34

which means pretty much every Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #39

Seems that way. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #50

Yes, I am rather "worldly". seaotter Aug 2015 #37

My point is if AM is a "blackmail" site as you say Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #40

Yes, yes they are. seaotter Aug 2015 #42

Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #45

You mean , "Go catch a METEOR with your face" seaotter Aug 2015 #61

Welcome to DU. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #51

Thank you seaotter Aug 2015 #60

Welcome. Pardon the bizarre, free floating rage. Marr Aug 2015 #63

Thank you. seaotter Aug 2015 #64

Swinging is not the same thing. Lyric Aug 2015 #49

+1 laundry_queen Aug 2015 #57

Bit of a diffrence between casual sex/swinging and affairs. Lancero Aug 2015 #56

Great time to be a divorce lawyer...eom N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2015 #3

I had never even heard about Ashley Madison until now. PufPuf23 Aug 2015 #5

"Admittedly I am somewhat socially isolated." Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #35

Had I known would not have been interested. PufPuf23 Aug 2015 #36

Neither had I, PufPuf23 n/t BuelahWitch Aug 2015 #41

People stealing other peoples info and putting it on the internet is an outrage. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #6

this thing looks ugly all the way around... CTyankee Aug 2015 #11

yes but people using stolen information are making $ from doing so. it's the american way, anything msongs Aug 2015 #26

Suppose any presidential candidates will turn up on the list? Vinca Aug 2015 #7

It's possible to condemn the hack and still indulge in schadenfreude, particularly in the cases of Brickbat Aug 2015 #8

pretty much this, hifiguy Aug 2015 #48

Yet another interweb 'moral' pile on Matariki Aug 2015 #9

+1 Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #59

Highly amused is my reaction. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #10

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+1000 Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #21

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To answer your question... Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #66

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"Someone done did me wrong!" Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #70

As usual a voice of reason. Agschmid Aug 2015 #80

Not so sure. Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #65

But there are plenty of people it does concern kcr Aug 2015 #71

It is consensual. Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #72

How is a person being cheated on consenting to it? kcr Aug 2015 #73

They aren't part of the sexual equation. Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #74

They most certainly are. kcr Aug 2015 #75

And it may not be violent like rape. But it does take away a person's autonomy kcr Aug 2015 #77

I agree that it's difficult to muster... Whiskeytide Aug 2015 #13

"but one of them did send me a photograph of his penis" Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 #14

Tired? Hungry? Ticklish? randome Aug 2015 #15

Keep in mind that not all AM users were "cheaters" Xithras Aug 2015 #16

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Except that there are plenty of people aside from the spouse who will have that information. Xithras Aug 2015 #25

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Amanda Marcotte of TPM calls it right. randome Aug 2015 #17

I agree with Amanda Marcotte. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #19

Actually put up a personal profile just to interview people? Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #18

There's some question about how to feel about hacking? melman Aug 2015 #24

hacking is electronic breaking and entering HFRN Aug 2015 #29

I find it interesting which sites they went after Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #28

I honestly don't care about it. nt roody Aug 2015 #30

You should. It's about the digital lives and security/privacy we want to have online. Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #32

How do you want to feel about it? Rex Aug 2015 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #33

+1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #67

This website is and has always been a scam. alarimer Aug 2015 #38

Do people not go to the bar anymore for this? Go Vols Aug 2015 #43

None of it is any of my business. DefenseLawyer Aug 2015 #44

I am against putting people's personal information online. Deadshot Aug 2015 #46

Dan Savage had some thoughtful points on this a few weeks ago... brooklynite Aug 2015 #47

Run around DU proclaiming your moral indignation taught_me_patience Aug 2015 #52

. libodem Aug 2015 #55

I'm a *meh* Ruby the Liberal Aug 2015 #58

I hope they don't leak my support for Deez Nuts. U4ikLefty Aug 2015 #62

I say pass the popcorn. There's going to be a lot of interesting info coming in the next few weeks. Initech Aug 2015 #69

if you are a client, perhaps nervous, if not who cares still_one Aug 2015 #76

You shouldn't give a shit. That's how you should feel. RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #78

Well, I didn't know the site existed before, and I don't care any more about it now. cyberswede Aug 2015 #79

You should be really worried. MicaelS Aug 2015 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author Agschmid Aug 2015 #82