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Nu er det, ved lov, lovligt i USA at jailbreake og unlocke ens telefon selv.

Skrevet den 26. jul, 2010 by Morten (admin) in Jailbreak, iPhone, unlock

Idag i USA blev det lovligt at jailbreake og unlocke ens mobiltelefon ved lov.

WASHINGTON – Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday.

The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Every three years, the Library of Congress authorizes such exemptions to ensure that existing law does not prevent non-infringing use of copyrighted material.

Another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.

Dette er potentielt gode nyheder for iPhone ejere verden over, da man kan håbe på at Apple ikke indfører individuelle firmware filer til de forskellige lande. Hvis de ikke gør det bliver det som sagt markant lettere at jailbreake og unlocke ens iPhone.

“Dog skal man huske på at at man stadig kan miste sin garanti hvis man foretager ændringer i softwaren på iPhonen, så man kan installere applikationer på iPhonen som ellers ikke er tilladt af Apple.” kommentere Brian Marshall, en teknologi analyst fra San Francisco.