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polytien

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12. Petition: Make Unlocked Cell Phones Legal

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 03:56 AM

Feb 2013

If this illegal issue bothers you, and you want to have the option to be able to unlock a device you believe you paid for and own, then sign this official Petition and pass it along: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7

There's still time! 12 days left to get 100,000 minimum signatures.. At present, there is 60,000 sigs.. Please pass this petition link around to help make a difference!

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WTF! Unlocking Your Cell Phone is Now Illegal!!! (Sign the Petition - 4,000 Needed) [View all] grahamhgreen Jan 2013 OP

signed it... think Jan 2013 #1

KR nt NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #2

Signed it and shared it. k/r hedda_foil Jan 2013 #3

Message deleted by the DU Administrators Ivoted Jan 2013 #4

Done. It's looking good: NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #5

Not to be a downer, but has any WH petition accomplished anything? NightWatcher Jan 2013 #6

I've asked this before to a big goose egg. eom ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2013 #7

Not sure but I think it helped with CISPA and SOPA. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #8

That $600 iPhone you bought costs a Japanese person <$300, and that $120 p/mo Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #9

We are not stupid. They are criminal. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #10

it's weird, healthcare is that way too. monopoly power? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #11

Petition: Make Unlocked Cell Phones Legal polytien Feb 2013 #12

Spam deleted by MIR Team vpop Feb 2013 #13

WoooHoo! Welcome to DU! A locked phone is like a TV that only gets one channel. grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #14