Script Kiddies are attracted to Hackaday posts like this one, like files are to sh!t.
Sadly, the following comment from there is not unusual:
HackJack says:
February 27, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Why is everyone acting like this is the first bit of news posted about this? People have been doing this for a LONG time and there are MANY tutorials out there on how to do it.
I’ve been tethered to my kindle for 6 months, using it as my main internet connection. With browsing and utorrent I’ve racked up over 46GB. No disconnection here!
Sadly, trying to talk sense into them just stirs up their mob mentality.
