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Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-01-2011, 04:11 PM

Lots of devices have limits to which you can "jailbreak" them, even if you own them. For instance, it is illegal to modify a home radio to broadcast on certain FCC-regulated frequencies. It shouldn't be that surprising that people don't know the extent to which they can modify something they own.

03-01-2011, 04:11 PM	#8
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Lots of devices have limits to which you can "jailbreak" them, even if you own them. For instance, it is illegal to modify a home radio to broadcast on certain FCC-regulated frequencies. It shouldn't be that surprising that people don't know the extent to which they can modify something they own.