That did not occur to me. A couple of weeks ago I just kinda cringed a little at the photo on
the binoculars page (scroll down to MARINE GRADE ...) without giving it much more thought. And now the "nice used telescope". It just does not seem like anything a hacker would do.
...
On closer inspection, I concede. The hacker theory makes more sense than anything else I can think of. I am so out of touch with what hackers do these days. What a waste of time! Theirs and everyone else's.