You are right, the filter of what makes news is something that I'm calibrating as I write more issues and learn more. I generally try and share only educational articles, like you said. In the case of Ashley Madison I found it to be an interesting story about accountability for lack of security.

But sometimes I'll just share something because it, well, made the news, and got a lot of attention that week, as I feel that's what many subscribers want. Or just something funny.

I do try to stay away from politics, privacy-only news (one can start a separate newsletter on that), and non-actionable news about a small exploit that was found and patched, that helps no one who reads it.