Sky hacked emails in 'public interest'

Crann na Beatha

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Millicent

A Murdoch-headed media outlet did something underhanded? I, for one, am shocked, OP. :eek:

But they did it for the right reason. I thought laws were made to be broken.....

FoxT

As long as people buy it, they will keep at it. At bottom,the Murdoch empire doesnt care about ethics, the law, its employees, etc. NOTW closure was a sham, b/c their market share remains the same anyway, as they knew it would.

seantorious

By the same logic that pie in the face was in the public interest.

Bob the Seducer

I wonder if the "public interest" thing will work on everything now...

Guy stands up in court:

"I beat him up alright your honour, but I did it in the public interest... he's a right bollix"

AngryBollix

No surprises. It would make you wonder does it stop here or is this still the tip of the iceberg

K-9

Aquila wrote: »

Anyone genuinely surprised?

Nope, I'm sure the Sun on Sunday is a flop, the public turned up their noses at the NotW replacement. Yeah, right.

The main beneficiary of the NotW closure in Ireland was the Mirror.

policarp

The exception proves the rule.

So anything that is right is wrong.
Anything that is right is wrong. . .

Crann na Beatha

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Freddie59

Aquila wrote: »

Any more news about this report?

How the fcuk do you hack into an email account?

Downlinz

Freddie59 wrote: »

How the fcuk do you hack into an email account?

Probably planting spyware to gain sensitive details. "Hack" seems to be tagged to everything these days so non-technical people can get their head around it.

smash

When did reporters learn how to hack?

Zebra3

The only reason Sky would hack emails is to get stories to boost its profits.

Public interest, me left one. :rolleyes:

PogMoThoin

Freddie59 wrote: »

How the fcuk do you hack into an email account?

You don't need to hack it. The weakest link is always the user. People are fools

biko

Hacking private email of people "suspected of crime" is just a lame excuse for invading privacy.
In my opinion it;s in the public interest to hack Murdochs mail, does that mean it's ok?

Capt'n Midnight

If it's in the public interest then maybe,

but the judge would have to consider Sky's coverage of other hackers, if at any state sky has portrayed them as negative then of course they have just destroyed that defence as you can't have it both ways.

Even if it is in the public interest you must still be accountable, and that means those who hacked and those who authorised it and those who benefited from it in any way must be held accountable, and not just when caught. By not volunteering the information before it was requested they have lost that defence too.

So far they haven't a leg to stand on as it was done illegally

the acid test then not whether it was in the public interest but that even if it was, could the story, not pieces of the story, have appeared without it ?


Oh and these tests would have to apply to each and every case.


However, the parent organisation has already paid out millions because of fishing for stories that were not and could not be in the public interest , so jail them all :mad:

Biggins

Aquila wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3oJw5dOvs

Anyone genuinely surprised?

Thats nothing (well not really!).

For those that missed other quiet news, a Sky company was found to have hacked into a ITV rival repeatedly to effect their ability to operate!

This to me is just as serious, if not more so.
Its (or should be) industrial sabotage!

See: http://www.digitalspy.ie/tech/news/a373442/news-corps-nds-accused-of-itv-digital-hack.html

“Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is facing more questions over past wrongdoings after a BBC Panorama investigation alleged that one of its subsidiaries sabotaged the ITV Digital service.
NDS stands accused of hacking the smartcards used by ITV Digital – the service first launched in 1998 as On Digital, a rival to the part News Corp-owned Sky. ”

Millicent

Biggins wrote: »

Thats nothing (well not really!).

For those that missed other quiet news, a Sky company was found to have hacked into a ITV rival repeatedly to effect their ability to operate!

This to me is just as serious, if not more so.
Its (or should be) industrial sabotage!

See: http://www.digitalspy.ie/tech/news/a373442/news-corps-nds-accused-of-itv-digital-hack.html

Holy shit! It's like the plot of some ridiculous, crappy B-movie (and the name "News Corp" more than fits that theory--is that not the lamest name for a media company ever?!).

onemorechance

Aquila wrote: »

Any more news about this report?

Sky News admits 'canoe man' John Darwin email hack
BBC News - ‎Apr 5, 2012‎
Sky News has said it illegally hacked emails belonging to members of the public on two separate occasions. The broadcaster said it hacked emails from John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoe, and his wife Anne. A spokesman for Sky News said ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17628600

Leave sky news alone! They work entirely in the public interest and as part of the Murdoch empire are above the law.