not to mention that its probably jail time in the USA if they want to go after you. All they have to do is to show a judge that you "hacked" their device with some hacker "jtags" to extract the very well protected passwords.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/oregon-man-sentenced-boston-3...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/01/hacking-cable-mo...