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iTunes Gift Card Key System Cracked, Exploited
moonbender writes "Fake but working iTunes gift cards are being sold on Chinese auction sites for a fraction of their value: 'The owner of the Taobao shop told us frankly that the gift card codes are created using key-generators. He also said that he paid money to use the hackers' service. Half a year ago, when they started the business, the price was around 320 RMB [about $47] for [a] $200 card, then more people went into this business and the price went all the way down to 18 RMB [about $2.60] per card, "but we make more money as the amount of customers is growing rapidly."' The people at Chinese market researcher Outdustry have apparently confirmed this by buying a coupon and transferring it into an iTunes account. Oops."
Also, you aren't bankrolling GPL violating code thieves.
Why did this get modded troll? I'm absolutely right. The anti-Tivoization clauses had to be added to the GPL3 because of companies like Apple who take massive amounts of GPL code to build their empires and give NOTHING in return. Apple has yet to open EVEN ONE LINE of the OS X source and actively works against us running open source code on the iPhone, which runs open source code in the form of Webkit and God only knows what else because it's completely closed and sealed and locked away from us. OPEN YOUR EYES. Apple and friends are holding the head of the open source movement under water, slowly drowning us with our own work. Anyone who gives one penny to Apple is contributing to our direst enemy.