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US government legalizes iPhone 'jailbreaking,' unlocking

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I just posted another article from Appleinsider, It's true it's all over the news.
 
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So, does that mean people don't have to secretly talk about a problem they are having when while being jailbroken? Is it forcefully being applied, or does Apple still not approve?
 
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I'm sure it still voids your warranty Even when it was "Illegal" No one was ever arrested or sued over it, I mean the same people have been developing Jailbreak software since 2007 and Apple never once went after any of them.
 

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If it was already legal, why did the gov. just legalize it?

Unlocking and Jailbreaking are two different things.

Unlocking allows the phone to be used on the network of your choice (given that the network uses the same underlying technology).

Jailbreaking opens the operating system to run any software you wish.

The latter is what was legalized yesterday.
 

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