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The SIM card thing might be a felony.
by AJ007 7y ago
The SIM card thing might be a felony.
- phkahler 7y agoDidnt a court recently rule that someone taking off a GPS tracker (and throwing it away?) was not theft? My memory is fuzzy on that one.
- acdha 7y agoThat’s different: in this case the student was knowingly using a metered service and would have no reason for doing so other than shifting their cost to someone else.
- FireBeyond 7y agoHow is that analogous to hacking a device so you can tether to it and use its data plan to avoid costs yourself?
- stoops 7y agoThey gave it to him. They put it on his car.
- brokensegue 7y agoIf your car gets booted and you pick the lock to remove it can you now legally sell the boot?
- michaelmrose 7y agoThey abandoned it.
- brokensegue 7y agothe same way the dockless scooter companies abandoned their scooters?
- hedora 7y agoYes. You can buy dockless scooters from some police auctions.
- FireBeyond 7y agoOoh, I'd love to hear that one in court. "Your Honor, that sign on the entrance to the parking lot discussing parking restrictions and enforcement thereof somehow implied that they're giving me this device and authorization to use it how I see fit". I suppose if someone leaves their wallet on the hood of your car while they're tying their shoelace, they've also authorized you to use their credit cards, right?
- nyolfen 7y agohttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/man-charged-with-theft-for-removing-police-gps-tracker-from-his-car/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/man-charged-with...
- phkahler 7y agoThat looks like it. Can't find any followup on the case or more importantly any ruling on the theft issue.