Is it illegal to jailbreak an idevice? A friend and I are arguing about this; she says that a new law went into effect at the beginning of the year that makes it illegal. I'm thinking about doing it, but not if its wrong.
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Is it illegal to jailbreak an idevice? A friend and I are arguing about this; she says that a new law went into effect at the beginning of the year that makes it illegal. I'm thinking about doing it, but not if its wrong.
Can you (or anyone) point me towards a link or something that discusses the legalities of this? My friend says its illegal AND immoral; I would like to do it but don't want to do something that is ethically wrong. Is there a discussion here on this subject?
It's crazy one would say jailbreaking is immoral whether it's legal or not. Its immoral for apple to say what i can and cannot do with a device i paid for. If I was taking money out of Apple's pocket I would agree that it's immoral however having an extra icon on my springboard or putting a weather widget on my lock screen it's not costing Apple money. If they would let me do what I wanted to do with my device in the first place we wouldn't be having this discussion. And if someone thinks jailbreaking is immoral I really hope they never pick up a newspaper or flip on the news. I'm almost mad at myself for even responding to such an ignorant comment but I just cant help it. I'll take that bait every time.