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It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone
- bphogan 14y agoI'd love to see some more information on this but can't seem to find much. This feels pretty wrong.
- tokenadult 14y agoThere was much earlier discussion of this (not all very aware of the legal background in the United States) three days ago. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5109847 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5109847 The earlier discussion got off to a bad start, in part because of bad reporting in the submitted source, an annoying problem here on Hacker News.
- derpmaster 14y agoIt's also a huge prison sentence to change the IMEI on phones, or be in possession of IMEI changing software in most countries. Only phones I use are unlocked samsung phones like Nexus S and Galaxy so I can custom build android source I refuse to buy a locked phone anymore
- DanBC 14y agoi) How is unlocking a phone circumventing copyright protection measures? ii) Most people do not unlock their own phones, but take their phones to a service to be unlocked. Thus, they are breaking a law, but the service is more likely to be breaking the "commercial advantage or private financial gain" clause.