> You just said we should never make new things criminal. I did not say that so do not twist my words. I never even said hacking should be legal. I said that

> You just said we should never make new things criminal. I did not say that so do not twist my words. I never even said hacking should be legal. I said that in the current context the legality of hacking does not matter because either large scale hacking happens across borders. Or often it is at such a small scale it never reaches the legal system (think spouses snooping on each other by using a password written on a post-it). Or the resources to track down a hacker are far to high to lead to an investigation and therefore it never reaches the legal system (think logins and cc numbers where people and banks just deal with it). In the 1990's and early 2000's when most hacking was unsophisticated, prosecution might have been an effective deterrent.