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Hack Your Phone, Go to Jail

Posted by timothy on from the yes-that-is-what's-next dept.

thodu writes: "This bill [Mobile Telephones (Re-Programming)] in the UK aims to make it illegal for anyone to change a GSM phone's IMEI number. Though the intention in this case is seemingly for the good (to track and prevent stolen phones from being used), the line between legitimate mods and illegal hacks is increasingly becoming blurred. What next - a bill to disallow modifying your PC ?"

6 of 525 comments (clear)

  1. Re:future by Rhombus · · Score: 3, Funny
    hopefully it'll soon be illegal to change your mac address...

    If altered MAC addresses are criminalized, only criminals wil have altered MAC addresses.

  2. Re:Consumer's rights by arson1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I asked the cops the same thing when they took my sawed-ff shotgun and ruger 10-22 that I converted into a full-auto... :P

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  3. Not really a hack, but... by Jippy_ · · Score: 2, Funny
    In my special world, anyone who download "Barbie Girl" as their ring tone would be sent to jail.

    and if they had their ring set to the max volume, death.

    =-Jippy

  4. Re:Legitimate reasons for changing the IMEI? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Society has rules, if you don't like them, fucking leave it!

    How, exactly?

  5. Shhhhh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What next - a bill to disallow modifying your PC ?

    Quiet! Don't give them any ideas

  6. Fight the power! by bobgoatcheese · · Score: 2, Funny

    Before you know it it'll be illegal for me to rip the tags of my mattresses!

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