The OkCupid Hack: Dating “Denial of Service” Attack – Is It Ethical?

A day ago this post went up on Reddit and then got reposted to Hacker News, both sites I lurk on. I’ve been watching the comments with much interest: some admire the way this guy hacked OkCupid (it’s a social engineering hack, not an attack on OkCupid) – and some are strongly saying that it is unethical. Calling the guy a liar, etc. There are thousands of comments on this. He just Tweeted that the girl he “got” has deleted her OkC profile as a sign of his success.

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+1 for originality -10 for going after the ‘prettiest’

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