http://stevenbird.info/2010/07/15/droidx-today-is-the-day-more-security-info/

"But wait![...] what about the efuse?! Guess what? google "omap3 efuse"

Droid, Milestone, DroidX, Droid2...all these phones have efuse...they just really haven't been put into use...

Will your DroidX explode from unauthorized tinkering? probably not. (but wait for someone else to try it first if your scared of the big bad efuse :p)"

Doesn't sound like the modding community is too worried.

Cory Doctorow's new Young Adult book, For the Win talks about some of this. The main premise of the book is that the horrible sweatshop working conditions of MMO gold farmers in China, India, Malaysia, etc. inspire a plucky gang of visionaries to lead union organization for "virtual world workers". He Creative Commons licenses all of his work so grab an ebook from his site and check it out.