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- Mobile Store Owner Sentenced to 10 Years for Scheme to Illegally Unlock Phones https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-mobile-phone-store-owner-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison-multimillion-dollar 78 comments
- Unlocking cell phones is now illegal http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=18319518 5 comments technology
- It is now illegal to unlock phones http://abcnews.go.com/technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518 377 comments technology
- Unlocking cell phones is now illegal under the DMCA, even if off contract w/o "carrier permission". How do we fix this ? http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/mobile-phone-unlocking/ 25 comments politics
- Unlocking Phones Without Carrier Permission Now Illegal http://allthingsd.com/20130125/psa-unlocking-phones-without-carrier-permission-becomes-illegal-on-saturday/ 78 comments technology
- The same week the US makes unlocking phones illegal, Canada proposes legislation to make carriers unlock phones. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/28/tech-wireless-code-of-conduct-draft-crtc.html 1798 comments technology
- Mobile phone unlocking up 71 percent since it became illegal in January http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/mobile-phone-unlocking-up-71-percent-since-it-became-illegal-in-january/ 48 comments technology
- Unlocking Cell phones becomes Illegal Saturday in the US. Petition the White house to keep it legal. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9khzg7#thank-you=p 608 comments technology
- I just read that it's going to become illegal to unlock a phone so you can use it another carrier. Is this legit? Link to the WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop this. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9khzg7?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl 5 comments technology
- PSA: unlocking your phone without carrier authorization is illegal starting tomorrow- But will that really stop anyone? http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/25/3915414/psa-unlocking-your-phone-without-carrier-authorization-is-illegal 5 comments technology
- Librarian of Congress who made phone unlocking illegal retires today. US could seek tech-savvy replacement for man who held post for three decades. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/librarian-of-congress-who-made-phone-unlocking-illegal-retires-today/ 13 comments technology