I think your explanation about why the twitter crusade feels so despicable is right on, dsacco and Thomas.
Yet I'm struggling with why I (and much of the tech community) was OK and frankly downright gleeful at publicizing the Hacking Team hack - their data was exposed illegally and were engaged in immoral behavior re: working with various abusive governments (and had previously denied these facts).
If I'm OK with people losing their right to privacy when they violate my moral sense, then am I much better...?