I remember being in the 10th grade and executing my first network hack ever. Not even a hack, really, I just took advantage of someone else's error. My computer programming teacher had a nasty habit of leaving his workstation logged in and unattended. My constant complaints about this being a major security hole were ignored. Who would listen to a 15 year old? The admins certainly didn't want to be told how to do thier job by a kid like me. So I figured out how to grant myself admin rights on the system, and once he was gone, it took all of 10 seconds. After I pointed out how I as able to gain access, the schoold admin nearly suspended me for hacking thier network. I mean, if I was truly malicious, I could have wiped out *everything*. But instead I told them about it. They didnn't seem to care. Although they fixed the problem (reprimanded the teacher for leaving his workstaion) they never so much as thanked me for pointing out the problem.

So I learned never to do nice things like that for other people. It's an art they don't understand, and what they don't understand they are afraid of.