On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:

> Au contraire, name and shame does work for criminals. Consider
> drone operators or black ops being outed, or NSA cybercriminals
> published with full name and address. I assure they're not going
> to take it lightly any more than sex offenders want to see
> their mugs and full addresses and map locations published.

 

Without admitting to anything which might result in criminal charges or civil action, I may or may not have been involved in collating and publishing the home addresses and various personal information on city police and local politicians and bureaucrats where I used to live. And Eugen is absolutely correct: once the web site was publicized, the official response was apoplectic. "Shrieking eschatonic hysteria" would not be an overstatement. See, it's perfectly fine for the police or the city government to "accidentally" release all sorts of personal information on people who were arrested but not charged, but it's a totally different matter for the home address of the chief of police or the feminine hygiene brand preference of the city attorney to be made public.