OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone

[ChasM Marshall]

What am I doing?

Well, I've NEVER bought a cell phone.  Carriers don't appear to be regulated.
I've waited half my life just to see "Do Not Call" enforced at a Federal level.

Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:02:51 -0700
To: plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
From: l.tuttle at cox.net
Subject: OT:  Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone



Yes, I agree.  The question is, "What are you
doing about it?"  An inch at a time.....


At 11:00 AM 1/26/2013, Derek Trotter wrote:

I can't argue Keith.  This
is no longer a free country.  It's not even a republic.  It's a
bureaucracy.  People who are unelected and unaccountable to the
people are now making the laws and changing them anytime they feel like
it.



On 01/26/2013 08:28 AM, keith smith wrote:



I know some of you do not agree with my limited government position,
however this is what a run away government does.  We pay for our
phones with those two year contracts.  Our rates would be lower if
they did not "subsidize" our phones.  These phones are our
property.


Hold onto your seat.  This is just an example of how a run away
government is going to treat it's people.  


This is not freedom, this is bondage.


Th article says in part:


The worst-case scenario for an individual or civil offense could be as
much as a $2,500 fine. As for those planning to profit off of the act or
a criminal offense -- such as a cellphone reseller -- the fine could be
as high as $500,000 and include prison time. 



http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518






 


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