[mabhatter]

government always prefers "shoot the messenger" to actual security. There should be literally be nothing illegal about what he did in that case. he didn't "hack" anything except HIS computer to pretend to be an iPad. And that would be the point of identifying it as a security concern. After all, if he had figured it out, surely the Russians and Chinese figured it out between when he did it and they prosecuted him... it doesn't make the hole go away!!!

What he did is like sticking a GM car key into a Toyota. Generally that doesn't work, it shouldn't work... but what if it does anyway? shouldn't the company that makes the cars fix that?