Freedom is an utopic term.<etc...>
El-Wrongo. Freedom is a state of being, and government's sole purpose is to maximize that freedom to the greatest extent possible.
To YOU freedom may be a theoretical concept, and your paranoid "behind the scenes" considerations indicate how little you know of it, as your country (as well as Great Britain) is not founded on the concept of individual freedom and liberty, but instead subordinates the individual to serve the purposes of the State. Any "freedom" given to you (or anyone else in similar substandard countries) is a privilege given to you by the State, and it can be taken away at any moment, and for any reason.
And then they lie to you, and tell you that you have "rights", when you have no rights, as government given rights are no rights at all.
"Rights", in order to be real, must by definition transcend all government policies, or laws, and exist independent of both government and the collective "will of the people". Rights are either supernatural in nature, or they are defined as such for such practical purposes such as how they are actually implemented. I'd like to use the phrase "transcendent rights" (because it sounds cool), but that would be redundant. Rights, by definition, are transcendent.
What this has to do with IM, and a "black hat forum":
If notions of laws, rules and policies were valued here, then we'd all be practicing white hat methods, blindly compliant with the rules & laws of governments, Google, the RIAA, the MPAA and any and all other regulatory entities that claim to have authority and attempt to exert power.
By definition, Black Hats reject all of that, for a wide variety of reasons, and instead choose to define their own standards for themselves, and then implement those standards.
It is the height of arrogance and stupidity to presume on a Black Hat forum to attempt to dictate for others what their behaviors, beliefs and value systems should be, when the very definition of the term is to deny all of that, and make those decisions as individuals uncontrolled by government or any other entity (to include other substandard and uninformed individuals such as yourself). And while morality may play some kind of role in that value system, RISK and the chances of getting away with something vs. the chances of getting caught are also considered.
This is where the basic, traditional American value of "Mind your business" (or, as translated into the more-hostile vernacular "Mind your own FUCKING business.") originates. If it hasn't got anything to do with your business, then there's a really good chance all you are doing is wasting your time and bothering someone else.