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[–] 69420@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Not only can they sue, it's also a felony:

...it's a felony – a jailable felony – to modify that code or firmware. It's also a felony to disclose information about how to bypass that access control...

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition