If you unlock your phone, then HANDS UP CRIMINAL SCUM

[Krynn72]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business...-unlock-your-smartphone/272552/#disqus_thread

Passed two days ago:

BY DECREE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS
IT SHALL HENCEFORCE BE ORDERED THAT AMERICANS SHALL NOT UNLOCK THEIR OWN SMARTPHONES.
PENALTY: In some situations, first time offenders may be fined up to $500,000, imprisoned for five years, or both. For repeat offenders, the maximum penalty increases to a fine of $1,000,000, imprisonment for up to ten years, or both.*

 

[Vegeta897]

Five years in prison and half a million dollars for doing what now?

 

[Krynn72]

For ****ing with ATT and/or Verizon of course.

 

[Naph]

If you got a carrier just keep on it, don't need another dummy
For your health.

 

[Eejit]

Land of the free!

 

[ríomhaire]

Over here once you're contract is up your network is legally obliged to unlock your phone for you if you ask.

 

[Omnomnick]

lol, Americans.

 

[Vegeta897]

At least our lolicon is legal.

 

[sixteenth]

Hold the phone.

Does this mean that once completing a contract you are still unable to unlock it? I have heard that if you pay the $250 or so for early termination, AT&T will unlock your phone since you would be paying the equivalent of the unsubsidized (i.e. purchasing the phone off-contract) price of the phone.

 

[AzureNinja99]

Trying to find the nearest planet with water......

 

[bobtheskull]

Surely this is one of those 'laws' or whatever the hell it is, that would be next to impossible to actually enforce...

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Surely this is one of those 'laws' or whatever the hell it is, that would be next to impossible to actually enforce...

This. Isn't there a law that makes it technically illegal to do anything with a computing device that wasn't intentionally programmed into it by the manufacturer? Like, an umbrella law against hacking, but affects tons of legitimate things end consumers do with devices?