Seems to be a good example of today’s zeitgeist.

Many of the comments on this very post, seem to take the same position.

I’m not horrified about what they did. This kind of shysterism is pretty common, these days.

What does disturb me, though, is an “end justifies the means” acceptance of these practices.

In law (and law enforcement), they have a “fruit of the poisoned tree” doctrine, where starting something wrong, immediately nullifies everything after that, even if it solves the case.

Coming from a perspective of wanting a lot more ethics and integrity in technology, I think we might be well-served to consider something like this. I’m deeply disturbed by the blatant moral decay in tech. I keep flashing on Dr. Malcolm, taking about “could,” and “should.”