US iPhone Jailbreaking Becomes Legal
"Action by the US government gives users more freedom with their iPhone device."
Published: 26th July 2010 | Source: Associated Press |
Today, the Library of Congress released a new set of exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Among these exemptions was something perhaps of great interest to iPhone owners: the ability to break digital locks on the device in order to use (legally obtained) software not approved by Apple, a practice commonly known as jailbreaking. Other exemptions include:
• allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.
• allow people to break technical protections on video games to investigate or correct security flaws.
• allow college professors, film students and documentary filmmakers to break copy-protection measures on DVDs so they can embed clips for educational purposes, criticism, commentary and noncommercial videos.
• allow computer owners to bypass the need for external security devices called dongles if the dongle no longer works and cannot be replaced.
The decision likely occurred due to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's efforts in this regard and Apple's reponding attempts to declare jailbreaking illegal under the DMCA early last year.
Now the question is, will this decision change anything? At this point it's hard to say. All this legislation does is make the act of "jailbreaking" okay from a legal standpoint. It is still well within Apple's right to deny support for devices that have gone through the process. However, it does allow those who engineer jailbreaking software to come work out of obscurity and perhaps increase development to create a more pleasant and safer experience. Aside from this, we'll have to wait and see how Apple reacts to this development.
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Still, I'm a firm believer in Karma mate. They'll get theirs.
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Thankfully though it happened before I did all of this. Or I think I would have been up on a murder charge :D
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And when I say ground up rebuild I mean it. Seats, carpets, dash, steering wheel, pedals. Nothing was left unchanged.
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Was a friggin ANIMAL on the road too :D
btw, my dad's given me some T Cut, but by reading the back of the tube, it looks as though this isnt the right thing to use. am i right?
However, here's some advice.. Tcut can be quite abrasive sometimes so start with that (if it's regular Tcut) and then move onto something finer like Tcut Metallic. I have Tcut metallic for my Alienware cases. The uses are different you see.
Tcut is for two stage paint finishes. Two stage meaning primer/top coat. Older cars are like that.
Tcut metallic is for more modern finishes or three stage, three stage meaning primer/basecoat (whatever colour your car is) and then clear coat or laquer again depending on what you call it.
Regular Tcut is TERRIBLE for laquer. It will scratch it and leave those horrible swirls. The only difference in them is the size of the 'grains' of cutting compound in the smelly fluid stuff.
I would get your touch up in (make sure you use too much) and then start with the heavier compound. When it has smoothed off start with the Tcut metallic which is finer and will give a nice clean finish.
This isn't as important on small touch ups but you still need to know. DO NOT wax any freshly applied paint. With these new paints the paint will still be reacting for about a month. It basically releases the chemicals and vapours within. If you wax over it and those vapors become sealed in they will eat your finish :D
When the compound is dry it no longer provides the lubrication and will scratch your finish. Do all the hard rubbing whilst it is wet and then to save your arms falling off simply wash it off :)
Have a look on detailingworld and see if there is a professional detailer near you who would be able to give you an opinion on the results you could expect from paint correction.
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almost every other 207 i've seen is the same colour as mine so hopefully it should be a standard job
cheers for the help man, nice to know theres actual nice people out there among the retards who think it's funny to take a key to a car belonging to a stranger