frankie's Journal: What's the deal with phone unlockers?

I renewed my phone contract today; I finally have one with a camera. It also has a USB port for syncing with computers... which is disabled by Verizon (but of course they will transfer our files over their network for a low low fee).

I see various gray market entities selling unlocker software. Anyone care to share their experiences with this sort of thing? Where are good places to find phone hacks? What do they typically add/change? What do phone companies do to detect/deter/destroy unlocking? etc? Any helpful pointers would be appreciated.

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