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Hacked versions of 'Eyes' are primarily used by those with some hacking skills, or by the reckless 'Lawless Ones'. They disregard the numerous bans related to 'Eyes', seeing them as a necessary means to expand their own power.
Just like a mage's Magic Wand, why should a means to harness one's own strength be subject to registration and surveillance?
Then there are the criminals.
However, these individuals usually have technical skills or access to someone who does. Without such skills, it's hard to be a criminal. Without using 'Eyes', facing law enforcement officers equipped with them, any criminal is just a sitting duck.
"The market price is forty times higher. If you can afford it, you can take them all."
The COS robot produced a simple inventory list. As a rule, the price for hacked 'Eyes' is like this, ranging from forty to fifty times the original value, and up to a hundred times in special regions.
