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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Unlocking iPhones now illegal as of 1/26/13

As of today all iphone users, hackers or people who sell online are now screwed so to speak. In October 2012 the Librarian of Congress – responsible for reviewing the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) – made the decision that unlocking cellphones would become illegal. They did give a grace period of 90 days for people to get their devices unlocked and to get used to the idea but that period expired on Saturday 26th January. So for anyone who is unlocking with redsnow (iOS 5.0 or below) this is now illegal. For those of you who have AT&T or Verizon phones who's contracts have ended, you are still eligible to unlock your phone from your carriers legally. This sucks for people who have old iPhones but you can always search Craigslist for factory unlocked iPhones :D


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