[Volpe]

When you say "today's world" I think you mean "today's U.S.A"... The rest of the world, doesn't seem to have as crazy anti-hacking laws, as the US.

[objclxt]

Many countries have pretty aggressive anti-hacking laws. The UK, for instance, has a very similar piece of legislation that in theory makes URL manipulation illegal.

[stusmall]

Germany is pretty harsh too. If I remember correctly you can't even have "hacking tools."