To Be or Not to Be! Whether it is Nobler in the Mind.....
Blah, Blah, et al......
The subject here is not really as cut and dry as it's being made out to be, by either side. If someone were to publish a key generator that had no other purpose than to bypass the serial number to a program, that would, in addition to being illegal, be morally offensive.
The idea of password recovery is a lot grayer, and it's the same argument as this, "guns don't kill, people do".
The anonimity of an open forum, will always give rise to the question, "who am I dealing with"? There are probably people that are involved here that might use a tool such as "Ophcrack" to ill purpose. But, there are also perhaps computer techs, that could use such a tool to great good, rescuing a password for a family whose computer is out of action.
I suppose we could go on and on about this, much in the same way you can take a semester of "Ethics" in college.
I don't believe it is in our best interest to invest ourselves in a one on one "I need a password cracked thread". But, I also don't think we need to crusade against tools that are commonly available.
For my part I'll just say "thanks for the links", and ride the storm out quietly.