I am happy about each and every database leak that makes people aware about the issues with data-mongering. As long as I am not in one of them. Then it feels really really bad (my credentials were "stolen" (ie copied) in a customer database of a hardware shop, since then I get personalised spam and the store still has not notified the thousands of customers whose details are out there).
They are trustworthy enough that I can rule that out. Could have been an employer of course. The list was posted online at some point. And the shop acknowledged the incident and is working with the police.
I used the quotation marks because of course the data was copied, not stolen, but the word "stolen" is usually used.
He would only be hypocritical if he was data-mongering himself, or leaking other people's information. Instead it is a selfish attitude, since the consequences to the affected people don't matter as long as he isn't one of them.
