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Re: Cable modem hackers advertising are just asking for it said by Romney2012:When they start advertising on the internet how they can help you steal service(and not just some pamphlet about how to do it yourself) and actually sell modified cable modems, they are saying "come and get me" to the FBI. It is an easy conviction. Also, I wonder if the FBI gets a list of his customers to turn over to the cable companies for investigation. There might be some customers getting large bills and/or threats of prosecution too. Duh.
If I had that kind of knowledge, I would NEVER sell a modified cable modem.
Instead: I would give them away for "educational use" and/or sell instructions on how to mod your own.
In fact that would be, arguably, legal to post instructions on how to do it. We have sites that list exploits (ie how to hack into a computer and do malicious things) and virus code. I'm pretty sure if the FBI could, they would take down those exploit sites before they go after the cable modem modders.
Also, I would never BUY a modded cable modem, but the young kid who sold it to me probably kept my address somewhere and the FBI will come a' knockin'. |
