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Re:The hidden costs in a “no-cost” tablet contract by scarface74 on Friday July 27, 2018 @11:08PM (#17631303)
What could possibly go wrong?

“Inmates hacked prison tablets to steal $225,000 for apps and music”

https://www.slashgear.com/inmates-hacked-prison-tablets-to-s...

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Re:The hidden costs in a “no-cost” tablet contract by boomboomsubban on Saturday July 28, 2018 @03:58AM (#17632151)
And by "for apps and music" you mean "allowing each of the implicated inmates to video chat with loved ones for a day and a half, costing the company virtually nothing."
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Re:The hidden costs in a “no-cost” tablet contract by jessaustin on Saturday July 28, 2018 @12:10AM (#17631472)
Great link! They caught the inmates who put $1000 directly into their own accounts. If they caught the smarter people, it wasn't mentioned...
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Re:The hidden costs in a “no-cost” tablet contract by rebuilder on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:06AM (#17631647)
Well, they caught someone. Possibly the actual culprits, but maybe not. Outside of prison, there are mules who agree to, under pressure or otherwise, receive stolen funds, knowing (probably) that they'll be caught. These are "lifestyle" criminals and addicts for whom being in prison is just a fact of life, or people who have found themselves in debt to e.g. organized crime.
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Re:The hidden costs in a “no-cost” tablet contract by ryanlol on Saturday July 28, 2018 @06:43AM (#17632553)
The only “wrong” thing there seems to be that these guys got caught.

JPay and the people behind it deserve to burn.

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