Well, I think with 37pages there has been enough discussion about this subject.
Basicly SmartXX only tried to release information they got. They found out that MS recently added a HDD-check in their xbox live code. The HDD-check is there ... that's a fact.
They could have not told the public and possible see everyone get banned (if MS would ban all users with a non-original HD) - but they decided to tell it.
I think that's the only thing the SmartXX Team tried to do: give out the information they got as info to help all xbox live users with a larger HD.