> I wonder if this could change if our governments' policy was to hunt would-be hackers to the ends of the earth. "Security" has a cost. The only question is

> I wonder if this could change if our governments' policy was to hunt would-be hackers to the ends of the earth. "Security" has a cost. The only question is whether the cost of security exceeds the cost of lack of security. Currently, lack of security has very little cost. It would be easier and more effective to start putting CEOs in jail for security breaches of personal information. Suddenly the executive suite would be very interested in security and would start spending an appropriate amount of money on it.