Subject: Chat with Adrian Chen
From: Adrian Chen <repletewithadrian@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

me: but what we do is illegal because it has to be
Adrian: I mean, it wouldn't get as great an impact if you just called them up
Adrian: I think putting it on a pirate pad is what gets people
Adrian: just like what happened to me an 4chan
Adrian: noone would have given a shit if I just got some prank calls
Adrian: but it was the act of doxing
me: Yeah, Anonymous is sort of a dangerous thing insomuch as that it can cause just as much pain as could a media effort
me: like what Gawker writes sometimes
me: and rightfully so
me: but Gawker is legal
me: No one's going to their houses
me: That doesn't happen
me: We're exposing them to a great deal of sunlight
me: That's a more ethical tactic than is used by any other entity you'll interview throughout your career
me: We don't shoot people's dogs and scream at them like the feds do
me: when they do no-knock raids on drug offenders
me: or any number of other things that don't get the attention of mainstream press
me: We make fun of people
me: It's a necessary thing