Cloning / Hacking A Cdma Phone

[hobbiest_2k3 0]

Hi All

I think I need to explain something more about so called cloning or hacking.

First thing let me introduce my self first , I am Ashwnai Gaur from Chandigarh {ref here is given by Mr. Ashok}

Its true I cloned CDMA set 2 years back and one local CDMA company

fired me with Hacking charges without any solid technical reasons.And now I won that case in High Court as Cloning is differnt from Hacking in Technical terms.

Main point is that Did i really committed any crime ????

What i did was i cloned CDMA phone and Held a Press conf in my city.

Exposed the drawback of CDMA technology,

For what ???

Do u all think for money ???

Do u all think that anycriminal will go to PRESS before or after commiting any crime.

If tomorrow someone finds something wrong withany mechine or with any system and he exposed it to Public with only one felling that system should be rcetified... is doing it Crime anyway....????

Cloning is a serious issue I am aware of it I donot encourage it and its easy this make it more serious.And if Qualcomm wish they can make it more secure but what they have done ... just nothing .

Pls post ur comments

Regards

hobbiest_2k3

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Ashwani Gaur

[Ashokjp 15]

Hearing your statement.. I dont think wat you have done was a crime..

But the media people lead a different story turning into a case of tampering with

handsets...

[Greens 21]

And moreover it harms more than doing any goog in the short run. May be in the long run it helps to close the loop holes in the system.

The recent Sasser virus is a good example, as an average computer user I have suffered a lot because of that.

[city02 63]

Again i think the key is intent.

If the goal was simply to expose vulnerabilities, it should be legal.

But if the person stands to benefit from that activity either financially or otherwise, it should be prosecuted.

If you break into someone's house, its still a crime.

Regardless of if you actually stole anything or not.

Even if you were trying to prove that the home security had a flaw...

Going public with the details was probably what gave you immunity against the charges but that logic is difficult to extend to other spheres of life.

What if someone decides to 'prove' that airport security has flaws and tries to smuggle explosives on board to make a point?

even though they might never intend to harm anyone.

its quite a grey area ...