Comment by hekkle

I get that you're mad, and rightly should be for an invasion of your privacy, but the NYT would be foolish to use any of your data for anything other than this lawsuit, and to not delete it afterwards, as per their request.

They can't use this data against any individual, even if they explicitly asked, "How do I hack the NYT?"

The only potential issue is them finding something juicy in someone's chat, that they could publish as a story; and then claiming they found out about this juicy story through other means, (such as a confidential informant), but that's not likely an issue for the average punter to be concerned about.