1. iPhone Hack

2. The iPhone The iPhone was released just this last June 29. The iPhone was hacked less than a month later. The SIM card was altered to allow it to be used for any service provider

3. SIM cards SIM cards are chips that wrap the cell signals with what service provider you use. Different signals, Same tower

4. The First Defense Apple started voiding warranties of altered phones Voiding and denying service

5. Magnesium-Moss Act Because the cards are third-party Apple cannot claim damages to its product.

6. Apple’s Way Around Even more recently, Apple has created a patch to brick altered phones. Is this even legal?

7. Responses It's not about unlocking phones. It's about the radio firmware being altered in an unknown way, or even damaged. (Note: this is DIFFERENT from jailbreaking, OS hacking, and installing third party apps.) Why should that be covered under warranty? --daveschroeder (516195)daveschroeder (516195) In the U.S., this got so bad that we passed antitrust laws to prevent businesses from doing this. IBM used to sell computers, and make you buy the punch cards from them. Those were the most expensive punch cards ever sold. If you bought a Chevrolet, you had to buy GM parts at twice the price. So because of these abuses, we passed antitrust laws. You can love or hate the free market, but it works a lot better (for everyone except Carlos Slim) with more competition -- nbauman (624611) nbauman (624611) Apple is not violating this law. Often people read the article about the law and not the law itself. Apple is not bound to provide warranty coverage on an altered product any more than one would expect a car manufacturer to warranty a car engine if it were altered under its warranty period. This is much to do about nothing, no one will succesfully press this to the point of suit because any reasonable lawyer knows Apple will prevail. Moreover, and perhaps more importantly, any fool that "bricks" his iPhone through modifications and then doesn't restore the "factory" firmware before service/etc. deserves what they get. --scolbertscolbert