Sorry if I was unclear, that quote is in continuance of the earlier line, full argument:

>Isn't running into and maiming a pedestrian while driving a car at a traffic crossing a matter of actually doing nothing instead of braking? Are you deeply uncomfortable with the thought of govt jailing you for literally doing nothing?

>And to be clear... he didn’t crack it.

Attempting to commit a crime is a crime even if you failed at it.

>I’ve run password hashes through rainbow tables for shits and giggles. Should I be dragged out of an embassy next?

People shoot at the range all the time but are not prosecuted. But gun murderers are. Dont you see the difference?

Were you cracking an Administrator password of the United States Military protecting classified war logs with an intent to distribute them to the public?

Just because we don’t usually get prosecuted for something doesn’t make it legal.

But that usually means there is a problem with the law in either enforcement(insufficient or only existing to be abused via selective enforcement) or basis(it shouldn't be illegal in the first place).

How did you get those hashes?

What did you (intend to) do with the resulting passwords.

Luckily, intent still counts for something legally.