There are LOTS of people in this world who do not have morals and really couldn't care less whose machine they are hacking. I'm sure there are many who would even get a thrill out of hacking a poor kid's computer. They would find it funny. As an added irony, maybe they would even use it to store their child pornography.

If people are willing to kill and be killed (or kill themselves) for their ideals, hacking a poor kid's computer is nothing.

I would have to agree with the original poster: this is the most rose-colored-glasses statement i have read in a very long time. I hope i'm misunderstanding what You wrote, but i've read it over and over, and i can't find another way to interpret it.

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