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

Sat Feb 16 19:21:47 MST 2013

Agreed.  However we are starting to see the states asserting their rights.

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Keith Smith

--- On Sat, 2/16/13, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: OT:  Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 2:43 PM

    While you may successfully argue that
      cell phones are not one of the powers granted by the constitution
      to the federal government, that means nothing to them.  The
      federal government ignores the constitution whenever they feel
      like it.

    On 02/16/2013 02:04 PM, keith smith
      wrote:

            Are cellular phones
              one of the numerated power of the Federal Government?

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              Keith Smith

              --- On Sat, 2/16/13, ChasM Marshall <chasm750 at hotmail.com>
              wrote:

                From: ChasM Marshall <chasm750 at hotmail.com>

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

                To: "plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org"
                <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>

                Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 1:42 PM

                      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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                              Keith Smith 

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