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On the Ashley Madison list? Blame it on Target

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2015.07.18

It's occurred to me that if someone's name turns up on the user list at Ashley Madison, they can just blame Target. "Sorry, honey, that account must have been created after my credit card & details got leaked at Target!"

And if not Target, perhaps Wellspring. Or any number of past breaches. All those men Ottawa have quite a list of potential breaches, going back to the biggie in that very city at "Human Resources Canada", which exposed countless student records.

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One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force