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Re:AT&T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking mal... by admax88q on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:01PM (#20628942)
> A contract was violated when these phones were unlocked.

That doesn't make it wrong. Fun fact, contracts are violated all the time, and not just between individuals and huge telecom companies, but also between large companies. If you have an issue with it you sue for breach of contract.

Violating a contract isn't a crime for a reason.

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Re:AT&T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking mal... by richardwhiuk on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:29PM (#20629246)
Just because something isn't a crime, doesn't make it beneficial to society, or morally good.
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Re:AT&T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking mal... by mindslight on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:53PM (#20630471)
Sure. But the same generality applies to contracts, especially contracts of adhesion - their results aren't necessarily beneficial to society, or morally good.

Phone unlocking itself is definitely beneficial to society and morally good. An incumbent network provider being able to leverage a small market inefficiency into indefinite bondage is not a good thing, regardless of how its justified. Never mind the e-waste and surveillance issues.

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Re:AT&T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking mal... by adrr on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:12PM (#20630909)
What’s morally bad about unlocking a phone? Literally suggesting that it is morally bad to modify a device you own. If att doesn’t want people to mess with these phones than they shouldn’t sell it.
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