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by pi18n 4728 days ago
If he were guessing passwords jail time might be appropriate.

It's fucking ridiculous that changing the user agent, even to circumvent server "protections", would be a crime worthy of any jail time whatsoever. What is he guilty of? Criminal misrepresentation of web browser?

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Mostly. Seems like AT&T is operating like http://www.mailinator.com/ where you can access anything using an ID without a password.