It just seems to me that Apple or AT&T wouldn't allow something like that to be gotten away with considering the contracts with each other and stuff...just wondering...
(Did I just ask a serious question?) Uh oh....Someone get ready to launch the Bat Signal over Gotham...
2007-09-09 09:59:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
mike1942f--no they don't make the laws, but they CAN decide who is authorized to sell and service their products and who isn't...(but that modified car thing does fit here)
2007-09-09 10:08:17 · update #1
SweetElf--GREAT answer
Hank--that's exactly what I was wondering about and thought would happen in such a case
2007-09-09 10:11:30 · update #2
Serious question. I'm dizzy... give me a second...
OK, I'm not sure of the details of this hacking thing with the iPhone... but alot of times large corporations won't press charges when their product is hacked because in actuality the hacker has shown them the vulnerability and thus given them the opportunity to fix said vulnerability before it's compromised by someone with the intent of doing harm. Often the corporation will even make a large sum payment to the hacker in return for the secure information.
That was a serious answer.. could I be pregnant?
2007-09-09 10:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
The people who hacked the phones have developed a sort of anti technology that allows them to be broken. I think in this case Apple had two aventures to go. First hacking the iPhones isn't illegal, unless you plan on selling them. Apple chose to 'pay off' the hackers and that way insure that they wouldn't spread their knowledge to someone planning to sell the hacked iPhones. I don't remember the number but I think that it was several thousand hours it took these guys to hack the phones. Most of these hackers are more interested in doing it than profiting from it, the thrill of the chase.
I think that was the case in this incident, the chase was the fun after that, it was time to move on and Apple chose to pay them off.
2007-09-10 02:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bat Signal Launched!
As far as intellectual property rights go Apple can sue, they do have a case. What they choose to do is the question. The 17 year old that hacked it could get sued big time, and the company that he sold the hack to could face charges as well.
2007-09-09 10:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by wwhrd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about that teenage boy right?
Well after he did that- he had to sign a contract or something saying he would only tell the people at AT&T how he did it or something crazy like that.
But if a 15 year old can figure it out- who says someone else wont. I mean come on if he can do it- other computer geeks can too!
I'm not saying 15 year olds are dumb- they really not. as the saying goes "hire a teenager while they still know everything"
ha ha ha. I make myself laugh sometimes.
anyway,
It should be illegal but how would they know if you hacked it and unlocked it or not? there's really no way to tell....
2007-09-09 10:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by Music 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What constitutes reverse engineering in this day and age tends to get muddled by issues such as federal legislation and corporate NDAs (Non Disclosure Agreements). Much of this goes back to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) in which darn near any corporate glutton can claim infringement for something as insignificant as removing the casing from one's toaster to remove the bagel half that broke off inside it. Heaven forbid anyone learn proprietary information!
As long as "God" sees fit to make trees bear walnuts, there will always be someone willing to find out what's inside. And "God" doesn't demand NDAs, either.
2007-09-09 10:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, fortunately, neither Apple nor AT&T make the laws and this is one thing that hasn't been made illegal in other ways.
2007-09-09 10:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They said something about there was no law protecting hacking into phones to unlock them so it's not illegal.
2007-09-09 10:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by Nico 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes but they pay him money and IPhone will be available for many companies such as D2 or T-online soon
2007-09-09 10:05:30 · answer #8 · answered by Mag 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son works at Palm. They haven't decided yet. European versions will have more than one carrier. Plus, right now, it costs $3,000 to hack it.
2007-09-09 10:04:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
One of the things is I heard it's really hard to do... but being able to carry other providers should be beneficial to people...
2007-09-09 10:08:42 · answer #10 · answered by Cliff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋