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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by seanp2k2 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:32PM (#29986198)
IANAL, but are there any actual cases where someone or a class successfully sued a company for using their product off-label in such a way? This kind of stuff seems to me like how schools no longer permit students to go out for lunch, citing liability that they almost assuredly never had in the first place.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by pc86 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:53PM (#29986521)
I can at least see the argument that tapping the screen a couple times in a certain pattern might not be sufficient, but having to generate a code is. I think it's a ridiculous argument, but I wouldn't be even remotely shocked that some octogenarian judge who doesn't own a cell phone is convinced by it.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by mst on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:59PM (#29988479)
Right, and legal departments kind of exist to avoid that sort of ridiculous argument fucking over their employers.

I don't endorse the argument -logically- at all, but if it's "legal being (justifiably) paranoid" then while as I said preparing for that not being it is still worthwhile, the extent to which they'll chase down workarounds may have limits nonetheless.

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