On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:33 PM, TPiwowar<[email protected]> wrote: > Apple cooks up a scheme so creepy that it would give me second thoughts > about buying one of their products. A built-in system of sensors to monitor > and log "customer abuse" which apparently includes jailbreaking your iphone > that has the ability to shut down the product and void the warranty.
Perhaps the roots of such a policy can be traced back to certain regulations perpetrated by the United States government. To wit, the numerous consumer products, many of them simply common household items, that contain the following warning: "It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a manner that is inconsistent with its labeling." Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
