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The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes.

Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.

Most of the computer compromises that we hear about use a technique called spear phishing, which allows an attacker access to a key person's workstation. It's extremely difficult to defend against.

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.

To be clear, any attempt to hack or to do anything nefarious is wrong and illegal.

Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common.

Spying among friends is never acceptable.

Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.

The hacking trend has definitely turned criminal because of e-commerce.