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In July of this year, a report circulated in the US informing that jailbreaking and unlocking devices using the operating system iOS (i.e iPhone, iPod touch and iPad), is legal and can be jailbroken or unlocked without the owner of the device breaking the law. This decision, which unfortunately only applies to the US, was made by the US government agency The US Library of Congress Copyright Office.

By Copyright Office modifying software on mobile devices (primarily jailbreaking iPhones and modifying ROMs on Android) is not a violation of copyright and therefore simply cannot be illegal. This decision has outraged both jailbreak opponents and the company itself Apple, which sought to keep jailbreaking as an illegal phone modification in its own interest.

Apple in a press release, it states: "Our company's goal is to ensure that our customers have a great experience when using our devices. However, jailbreaking can make that experience worse. According to our information, most owners iPhone "There is no jailbreak in the US because they would lose the warranty and stability of the entire operating system."

Users iPhone However, they should not forget that jailbreaking a phone for the purpose of uploading cracked applications remains illegal and the editorial team LSA.eu strongly discourages jailbreaking.

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