Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:10pm EST
Can I legally Jailbreak my iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad?
Jailbreaking is the process of installing software that takes advantage of some exploit (a bug in Apple’s iOS code that a hacker can take advantage of) to install custom software to give you a “portal” into your device so install software that adds some functionality to your device that Apple doesn’t necessarily want you to have, such as turning your iPod Touch into a phone or playing movies you might not have rights to.
The Library of Congress in 2010 to being able to jailbreak your device.
Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.
We do not condone jailbreaking your device at TMN, but if you are so inclined, obtaining information is not too hard to find.