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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2081585" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone .. 8A forbids cruel & unusual punishments. </p><p></p><p>[media=youtube]pdQDs9adzZI[/media]</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p>When did we decide that we wanted a law that could make jail-breaking your smartphone a criminal offense? The answer is that we never really decided.[/I]</p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/cdn.theatlantic.com_static_mt_assets_business_615_Apple_iPhone_Flag_Apple_Reuters.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p style="text-align: right"><span style="color: #242b30"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Reuters</span></span></p><p>This is now the law of the land:</p><p style="text-align: center"> <strong>ADVISORY </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>BY DECREE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong> IT SHALL HENCEFORCE BE ORDERED THAT AMERICANS SHALL NOT UNLOCK THEIR OWN SMARTPHONES. </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>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</strong>.* </p><p>That's right, starting this weekend it is <a href="http://www.livescience.com/26541-unlocking-cellphones-becomes-illegal.html" target="_blank">illegal</a> to unlock new phones to make them available on other carriers. </p><p> I have deep sympathy for any individual who happens to get jail time for this offense. I am sure that other offenders would not take kindly to smartphone un-lockers. </p><p> But seriously: It's embarrassing and unacceptable that we are at the mercy of prosecutorial and judicial discretion** to avoid the implementation of draconian laws that could implicate average Americans in a crime subject to up to a $500,000 fine and up to five years in prison.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-most-ridiculous-law-of-2013-so-far-it-is-now-a-crime-to-unlock-your-smartphone/272552/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-most-ridiculous-law-of-2013-so-far-it-is-now-a-crime-to-unlock-your-smartphone/272552/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2081585, member: 7629"] It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone .. 8A forbids cruel & unusual punishments. [media=youtube]pdQDs9adzZI[/media] [B]The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone[/B] When did we decide that we wanted a law that could make jail-breaking your smartphone a criminal offense? The answer is that we never really decided.[/I] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/cdn.theatlantic.com_static_mt_assets_business_615_Apple_iPhone_Flag_Apple_Reuters.jpg[/IMG] [RIGHT][COLOR=#242b30][FONT=arial]Reuters[/FONT][/COLOR][/RIGHT] This is now the law of the land: [CENTER] [B]ADVISORY [/B] [B]BY DECREE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS [/B] [B] IT SHALL HENCEFORCE BE ORDERED THAT AMERICANS SHALL NOT UNLOCK THEIR OWN SMARTPHONES. [/B] [B]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[/B].* [/CENTER] That's right, starting this weekend it is [URL="http://www.livescience.com/26541-unlocking-cellphones-becomes-illegal.html"]illegal[/URL] to unlock new phones to make them available on other carriers. I have deep sympathy for any individual who happens to get jail time for this offense. I am sure that other offenders would not take kindly to smartphone un-lockers. But seriously: It's embarrassing and unacceptable that we are at the mercy of prosecutorial and judicial discretion** to avoid the implementation of draconian laws that could implicate average Americans in a crime subject to up to a $500,000 fine and up to five years in prison. [URL]http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-most-ridiculous-law-of-2013-so-far-it-is-now-a-crime-to-unlock-your-smartphone/272552/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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