If jailbreaking becomes illegal...

jjmartinez1982 · Feb 4, 2012

If jailbreaking becomes illegal this month, I wonder if those that are so strongly against piracy and doing "illegal" things to their phone will Un-jailbreak theirs? Will they go back to stock to stay within the legal realm they preach so furiously about? Moderators who lock threads discussing piracy: will you remove your jailbreak?

Just curious...

Jmills87 · Feb 4, 2012

Nope, definitely not. I paid for my iPhone, I own the hardware and I will do whatever I want to it, regardless of if they extend the DMCA exception or not.

jjmartinez1982 · Feb 5, 2012

Jmills87 said:
Nope, definitely not. I paid for my iPhone, I own the hardware and I will do whatever I want to it, regardless of if they extend the DMCA exception or not.

Since the other thread was closed, I'll continue here. If it is deemed illegal, it is illegal. 2 different things, both illegal. But you're willing to do one of the illegal things. That's all I'm saying. Carry on.

Jmills87 · Feb 5, 2012

I know what you're saying, and I'm telling you, it's not the same. Our rule is that downloading cracked applications is not allowed here. Just because a hypothetical scenario could make jailbreaking illegal does not mean we are setting a double-standard.

dylandaniel91 · Feb 5, 2012

Totally agree. It's my iPhone, I bought it to own it, and apple didn't co sign on my account so.... I will continue to do what I want to with MY phone.

thewitt · Feb 5, 2012

dylandaniel91 said:
Totally agree. It's my iPhone, I bought it to own it, and apple didn't co sign on my account so.... I will continue to do what I want to with MY phone.

The only path open to Apple, should jail breaking become illegal, is to prevent you from accessing the Apple ecosystem, or running Apple supplied Apps.

This could mean no iTunes, no iCloud, voided warranty based on your UDID (no restore and take it in for service) etc.

You are correct. You bought the phone and you can do with it what you want, however if what you are doing is illegal, Apple can block you from doing so in their world.

Jmills87 · Feb 5, 2012

thewitt said:
You bought the phone and you can do with it what you want, however if what you are doing is illegal, Apple can block you from doing so in their world.

And the hackers can create workarounds for those new restrictions if that's the case. Gotta love the cat and mouse game!

dylandaniel91 · Feb 6, 2012

Jmills87 said:
And the hackers can create workarounds for those new restrictions if that's the case. Gotta love the cat and mouse game!

Exactlyyyyyy. Where there's a will theres a way

thewitt · Feb 6, 2012

Jmills87 said:
And the hackers can create workarounds for those new restrictions if that's the case. Gotta love the cat and mouse game!

Perhaps.

If its illegal, I suspect fewer hackers will be willing to put their names out there...

waress · Feb 6, 2012

I own the hardware and I will do whatever I want to it, regardless of if they extend the DMCA exception or not.

Jmills87 · Feb 6, 2012

thewitt said:
Perhaps.

If its illegal, I suspect fewer hackers will be willing to put their names out there...

Console modding is illegal and there are PLENTY of hackers willing to put their name out there in the console scene.

Gregoris · Feb 6, 2012

the question is how many developers will want to continue finding exploits if it ever became illegal? because thats who they would go after and not the million or so who jailbreak

I really doubt it will though. if it where illegal I would stick to a stock ipsw and not jailbreak.

Oscar_D_Grouch · Feb 6, 2012

Unleashed said:
the question is how many developers will want to continue finding exploits if it ever became illegal? because thats who they would go after and not the million or so who jailbreak

I really doubt it will though. if it where illegal I would stick to a stock ipsw and not jailbreak.

Why be a sheep and follow meaningless laws blindly?

Gregoris · Feb 7, 2012

Oscar_D_Grouch said:
Why be a sheep and follow meaningless laws blindly?

call me crazy but when something is ILLEGAL I tend not to do it... no matter what I think of the law it does not make it ok to break it

rudyy · Feb 7, 2012

I doubt it could be retroactive, and what I do with my personal property is not the government's business as long as I am not taking from somebody else. I don't see how using third-party software to access features made available by third-parties could ever be illegal, but then ... I'll leave it at that.