Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal

whisper_jeff writes "The US government on Monday announced new rules making it officially legal for iPhone owners to 'jailbreak' their device and run unauthorized third-party applications, as well as the ability to unlock any cell phone for use on multiple carriers." The EFF has further details on this and some of the other legal protections granted in the new rules.

Comments

Yeah and how about rooting Android?

[SuperKendall]

I shouldn't have to jailbreak it in the 1st place.

Just like you shouldn't have to root Android either. But you do.

To have the fullest set of freedoms that is... which 90% of the people using the device neither need nor care about.

So wait, why should a device ship by default in a mode that only a small portion of the populace will use and that makes the device less secure and easier for the user to alter in a way they cannot recover from?

Isn't it enough that anyone who NEEDS the wider range of technical abilities, can easily activate it on demand? Why must any company ship a product made worse for the consumer because of your selfish desires?