Do people stop doing crimes because laws have made it illegal. I am saying there is no point trying to stop what is inevitable instead our energies are better s

Do people stop doing crimes because laws have made it illegal. I am saying there is no point trying to stop what is inevitable instead our energies are better spent trying to understand how best to navigate an online world without any privacy. Right now many western nations are involved in Pegasuses, what happens when China gets involved. We will have absolutely no control over what China does, especially when no country will publicly acknowledge that we are spying on people.