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Okay, hacking is despicable. And I don't excuse HP's hiring an unscrupulous consultant, failing to put him on notice about ethics, then further failing to police his work products and methods.

So HP is "dismayed"? Now, *that's* "pretexting"!

BUT reporters like Dawn Kawamoto who -- with no slight pretense of "the public good" -- publish a company's strat plans only do so irresponsibly make a name for themselves at someone else's expense, caring not a whit about ethics nor whom they hurt.

Is Kawamoto to be deified because she was exposing a child pornographer or trying to bust a phishing ring? Did she also publish the strat plans of HP competitors? Not hardly.

She was callously and differentially harming HP, aiding its competitors, and cheating its stockholders -- all so she could brag about her "scoop" in her next resume and cocktail party.

And where were her editors, that breed charged with reining in the exuberant excesses of ambitious reporters? They were also asleep at the ethical switch.

This is a case of the vandal getting her backside chewed up by the ill-trained pit bull. No one is guiltless.
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Taking Legal Action  ken@... | 09/07/06
How many times must you be told???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
Assuming  teetotal | 09/07/06
You are right, so suggestions  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
No. You are not right.  rrl1@... | 09/07/06
You learn the law...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
You are misinformed.  waltmaine | 09/07/06
Yes and no.  osreinstall | 09/08/06
Message has been deleted.  G Fedorchuk | 09/14/06
One more thing.  rrl1@... | 09/07/06
One more? You haven't made it to one yet.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
Ok, so you pay somebody to murder your wife, thats ok.  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
probably both extremes are off  rgathercoal@... | 09/07/06
But HP accepted and even used the stolen information instead of calling the  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Doesn't mean that it's their first crime....  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 09/07/06
No, you are specifically hire them to commit a crime.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
Hmmmm  maldain | 09/07/06
So if I hire  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
are you able to so easily determine agency?  rgathercoal@... | 09/07/06
And that is the point isn't it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
HP can not pretend they did not know it was illegal to access personal  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Again...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
How are they going to find out  ebrke | 09/08/06
What law school did you go to?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
How many times . . .  brian ansorge | 09/08/06
And if I target you in a witch hunt?  G Fedorchuk | 09/14/06
sue the bums  morndue | 09/07/06
any more?  rgathercoal@... | 09/07/06
Did HP give up SSN's?  UMtdi | 09/07/06
Huh??? Did you read anything?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
He's talking about the directors  j.m.galvin | 09/07/06
As you said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
In any case, if HP supplied SSN numbers, they are in deep sheeet.  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Judge's don't have views...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
SSN's are not hard to get  rgathercoal@... | 09/07/06
Numerous businesses advertise  PCcritic | 09/08/06
Check out this Washington Post article extract  PCcritic | 09/08/06
common practice, they just got caught  schwana | 09/07/06
common practice, they just got caught  DREWME2 | 09/07/06
Imagine if Dunn was male and related to Bush  jdubow@... | 09/07/06
The problems the news leaks could have caused are nothing compared  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
The problems the news leaks could have caused are nothing compared  rrl1@... | 09/07/06
Put a months wages on it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
Why don't you explain why flaunting the law and getting cought is not bad  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Becasue NO ONE knows if they  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
Of course she's gone  WorldDominator | 09/07/06
More lows in journalism  archetuthus | 09/07/06
More lows in journalism  rrl1@... | 09/07/06
She is just a great reporter doing her job. There were obviously big  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Something Worthy of Hiding AMD vs INTEL  mighetto | 09/07/06
Yup, and the PI was  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
The PI broke the law, the journalist did not.  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Not that simple  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
What?  the_seb | 09/08/06
WOW - HATS off to Zdnet for this reporting  mighetto | 09/07/06
You better pass that hat around for them...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/07/06
There was NEVER any question as to the legality of what was published.  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
No, simply not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
so all hack no mind  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 09/07/06
Will HP lose business over this? Yes.  waltmaine | 09/07/06
who is left?  rgathercoal@... | 09/07/06
HP violated its own Standards of Business Conduct  offthescale@... | 09/07/06
Was this company HP hired licensed and legal?  Mr. Roboto | 09/07/06
In any case, HP accepted AND used the stolen information. Information they  DonnieBoy | 09/07/06
Don't call it "pretexting"  NobodyHome | 09/08/06
Sometimes illegal?  the_seb | 09/08/06
oops  the_seb | 09/08/06
Imagine if you will a USB Flash Drive stealing passwords  Intellihence | 09/08/06
That's great but  the_seb | 09/08/06
Time for the DOJ to get involved  yirmin | 09/08/06
I would have expected this from Microsoft..  paulpizmo@... | 09/08/06
Intersting, no one says anything about the scum  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
Money buys everything and everyone  Linux User 1 | 09/08/06
I wonder if CNet reporters will be banned  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/08/06
The board is in trouble and the Chairperson  jaszman | 09/08/06
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