IFixit forced to remove teardown
IFixit is a synonym for “Repair it yourself” when it comes
to our everyday gadgets we have in use. Unfortunately
some companies don’t like to see their devices being
opened and their innards exposed. Like Samsung…
IFixit is a synonym for “Repair it yourself” when it comes
to our everyday gadgets we have in use. Unfortunately
some companies don’t like to see their devices being
opened and their innards exposed. Like Samsung…
Seems as if cell providers in the USA had it with their “cheating” customers.
According to a new law that will be active from January 26th 2013, SIM-
unlocking is considered a felony and will be punished after a trial period of
90 days. Penalties of 2500 US$ or even up to multiannual imprisonment!
When it comes to free speech and censorship, it’s mostly the USA, China and
islamistic countries that limit these as far as needed. Also Twitter is affected
by this and the new transparency report shows the amount of requests for
tweet removals have been issued within the last 6 months.