[kwlug-disc] [Wsic] Your country needs you (or "Our MP is on the C-32 committee")

Denver Gingerich denver at ossguy.com
Sat Nov 20 12:20:58 EST 2010


On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Denver Gingerich <denver at ossguy.com> wrote:
> Here is the quotation from the e-mail from Braid's office that I think
> you were referring to:
>
> "
> The bill includes a number of specific instances where hacking digital
> locks is permitted. Digital locks can be hacked for the following
> purposes:
>
[...]
> *       unlocking a wireless device.
> "

Just to be clear, "unlocking a wireless device" means unlocking a cell
phone such that it can be used on another carrier.  This exception
does not extend to jailbreaking.

Denver
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