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Can hacking cable modems get you in jail?

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Ryan Harris, an expert on cable modem hacking who has been selling unlocked cable modems through a small company, is facing criminal charges of wire fraud and computer fraud.
In his defence he claims that: “arresting every firearms dealer, because handguns can be used to commit murder.”

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A/N: If the fact that one of his programs is called “Coax Thief” puts him in a bad light than a note for all those hacking: Make sure you name all of your software things like “Safe Program Thingy” or “Well Behaved Program”. More importantly, don’t you dare use user or socket messages like: “It’s hacked” or “Hack in place” nor variable or function names with similar connotations!

Written by as44

November 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm

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