On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:19:12AM +0100, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > According to http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/31/section/1 it is a > full (not semi) offence with up to 5 years in prison in the UK. > > And even possessing such a tool isn't allowed: > > http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/31/section/2
Eugh. What a horrible piece of legislation. What *should* happen is that it should be repealed now that mobile phone theft is far less than it was when it was drafted, and known abuses of surveillance are far higher. I have precisely zero faith in anything like that happening, particularly in the UK. Although, reading section 1(3)(b) of the first legislation, it looks like it's legal if the manufacturer permits it in writing. So someone at OM should say "yeah, sure, whatever", which would make us a little safer ;) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
