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It only took 30 years, but better late than never I guess.
by ur-whale 4y ago
It only took 30 years, but better late than never I guess.
- pessimizer 4y agoIf we research this, I'm sure that they've made this announcement half a dozen times over the past 20 years. Probing is at best a preliminary to actually doing something, and I'm not sure what aspect of the practice in question is mysterious enough to necessitate a probing.
- mindslight 4y agoYet again, this is the same old dynamic of law being only for the little guys. When it comes time to prosecute the institutional criminals, the focus shifts to crafting policies and making reports and perhaps enacting some regulations down the line, instead of simply enforcing the already-written laws on the already-occurred violations, and making the bad actor liable for civil and/or criminal damages. Specifically for this topic, locking a phone, especially one that has not been financed, is at least a straightforward case of tortuous interference, and likely fraud or a CFAA violation.