Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
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Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#2Slim hates true competition, or even any competition
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#3The exceptions list mentions:
> When the purpose is to test, investigate, or correct the security of a computer, system, or computer network.
> When a person wants their device to stop collecting personal information.
Aren't those the reasons most people install custom ROMs? For getting security updates past the life of the smartphone, and to stop Google tracking you.
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#4I've heard a lot about this bill now but nothing conclusive as I assume the sources I've been reading do not speak fluent Spanish. I think I will analyze it myself in some time after the hype has died down.
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#5The exceptions list mentions: > When the purpose is to test, investigate, or correct the security of a computer, system, or computer network. > When a person wants their device to stop collecting personal information. Aren't those the reasons most people install custom ROMs? For getting security updates past the life of the smartphone, and to stop Google tracking you.
I think it's more about boiling the frog. Temper the initial outrage with exceptions, let people get used to the idea that repairs are wrong but it's sometime ok, then remove exceptions later. It's the same long game the inkjet printer people have been unfortunately winning for a while now.
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#6It appears this is a result of the harmonization of laws between Mexico, Canada, and the US.
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#7It appears this is a result of the harmonization of laws between Mexico, Canada, and the US.
Repairing phones and installing custom ROMs are illegal in us/canada?
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#8This is interesting. Making life harder for the common man.
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#9The exceptions list mentions: > When the purpose is to test, investigate, or correct the security of a computer, system, or computer network. > When a person wants their device to stop collecting personal information. Aren't those the reasons most people install custom ROMs? For getting security updates past the life of the smartphone, and to stop Google tracking you.
I think it's more about boiling the frog. Temper the initial outrage with exceptions, let people get used to the idea that repairs are wrong but it's sometime ok, then remove exceptions later. It's the same long game the inkjet printer people have been unfortunately winning for a while now.
Exactly, it all starts with exceptions until it's time for "think about the children", "nothing to hide, right?" and it's easygame towards "safety of our people"
Re: Repairing your smartphone or installing a ROM will now be a crime in Mexico
#10What if you build your own phone with a Pi, or similar?