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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by namibj on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:25PM (#22470203)
It also tends to make it rather obvious fraud.

While replacing a sticker is legal, doing so to trick someone into paying you is usually criminal fraud.

Criminal liability is a _far_ bigger leap than normal deceptive business practices.

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Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018) by SAI_Peregrinus on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:54PM (#22470422)
Especially since these stickers (and those like them) have serial numbers, and the sender typically notes the serial numbers in an email or similar when the item is shipped. The effort required to reset one without it being noticed is pretty high.
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