White House backs phone jailbreaking | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Breakingnews >

White House backs phone jailbreaking

WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday it agrees with a citizen petition arguing that jailbreaking of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal.

Mobile phones sit on display in the window of a store on January 14, 2013 in New York City. The White House said Monday it agrees with a citizen petition arguing that "jailbreaking" of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal.

But it indicated there would be no quick action to fix the problem.

This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.

Your comments

Reply

Sign in once and access every part of the website at your convenience!

Please log in to our Bangkokpost.com community to post your comment.
You can sign in to the community by clicking here.

If you are not part of the community yet, please sign up here. By being part of this community you will get all these privileges.