I completely agree with you that in fact this is "hacking" in the negative sense of the word (ie, accessing forbidden resources). However, at least in this ins

I completely agree with you that in fact this is "hacking" in the negative sense of the word (ie, accessing forbidden resources). However, at least in this instance, let's not use the word "crime" to describe breaking school or corporate policies. Opening a harmless program that administrators took minimal steps to disable may have been breaking the school rules or policies, but it wasn't a crime. We're already an over-criminalized society (at least here in the U.S.). We don't need any more "crimes", even if qualified as petty.