Jailbreaking
Marcus Penza
4/15/12
English
Professor Kramer
Jailbreaking, Right, Wrong, Legal, Illegal?
Jail breaking, a concept that can offer you complete freedom, but not in the way most would think, instead of freeing you from a 12x12 confined space, jailbreaking frees a technological device’s firmware from its locks and limitations letting the device reach its full potential. Although the process of jailbreaking could be used on a vast variety of devices, throughout this essay we will be examining the jailbreaking of iTouch’s, iPhone’s, and iPad’s. When Apple designs these products, they come with a predesigned firmware that restricts certain capabilities that otherwise the device would be able to do, such as wifi mobile hotspots, direct downloading capabilities, and more insignificant features, like moving screen savers. Along with the understandable, “disserved” capabilities jailbreaking offers, it also enables the ability for the user to access and download apps, and settings that Apple’s firmware protected against due to their illegal content. Thus the question on the topic is if jailbreaking is the “right” thing for a user to do with his/her device. Due to the fact that the user purchases the device outright, they should have the right to do whatever they please with the firmware and device itself even if it enables illegal activities, the user should be able to decide whether or not to obey the law, and the user should have full control of their apple device. When someone purchases any material object, it is the assumption that the buyer has the right to do as he/she pleases with the purchased object, and the situation should not be any different for the iTouch, Phone, or Pad, Thus making the process of jailbreaking morally acceptable, as well as legally just. If a restriction is put on a person’s own property, then the property really is not owned, which is okay, if that is pre-disclosed to the buyer so that they know that everything about the purchased
4/15/12
English
Professor Kramer
Jailbreaking, Right, Wrong, Legal, Illegal?
Jail breaking, a concept that can offer you complete freedom, but not in the way most would think, instead of freeing you from a 12x12 confined space, jailbreaking frees a technological device’s firmware from its locks and limitations letting the device reach its full potential. Although the process of jailbreaking could be used on a vast variety of devices, throughout this essay we will be examining the jailbreaking of iTouch’s, iPhone’s, and iPad’s. When Apple designs these products, they come with a predesigned firmware that restricts certain capabilities that otherwise the device would be able to do, such as wifi mobile hotspots, direct downloading capabilities, and more insignificant features, like moving screen savers. Along with the understandable, “disserved” capabilities jailbreaking offers, it also enables the ability for the user to access and download apps, and settings that Apple’s firmware protected against due to their illegal content. Thus the question on the topic is if jailbreaking is the “right” thing for a user to do with his/her device. Due to the fact that the user purchases the device outright, they should have the right to do whatever they please with the firmware and device itself even if it enables illegal activities, the user should be able to decide whether or not to obey the law, and the user should have full control of their apple device. When someone purchases any material object, it is the assumption that the buyer has the right to do as he/she pleases with the purchased object, and the situation should not be any different for the iTouch, Phone, or Pad, Thus making the process of jailbreaking morally acceptable, as well as legally just. If a restriction is put on a person’s own property, then the property really is not owned, which is okay, if that is pre-disclosed to the buyer so that they know that everything about the purchased