I was referring to things such as Section 1201 of the DMCA [1]:https://copyrightalliance.org/education/copyright-law-explained/the-digital-millennium-copyright

I was referring to things such as Section 1201 of the DMCA [1]:https://copyrightalliance.org/education/copyright-law-explained/the-digital-millennium-copyright-act-dmca/section-1201-technology-protection/ https://copyrightalliance.org/education/copyright-law-explai... You are cherry picking something that itself is a hole that is being closed by the vendors (ie. Apple is now signing iPhone/iPad components so that if you replace them the device either puts a warning sign on the screen or refuses to operate.) Given the direction we are heading in, I can see the iPhone refusing to operate without a valid microphone connection. Then your only choice is to hack the software layer putting you back into the crosshairs of the DMCA.