Forget the Cellphone Fight — We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own 
<i>Meanwhile, progress is being made to legalize cellphone unlocking. With grassroots groups leading the charge, the Obama administration announced its support for overturning the ban last week. </i><p>I'm astonished that people overwhelmingly believe this falsehood. The White House response <i>opposes</i> legalized phone unlocking, except to phones already out of contract. When they <i>say</i> they "support unlocking", they have a different interpretation of what that means:<p><i>And if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren't bound by a service agreement or other obligation, you should be able to use it on another network.</i><p><i>[...] neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service agreement or other obligation.</i><p><a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7" rel="nofollow">https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cel...</a><p>A (very) few journalists are paying attention:<p><a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-s-stance-on-unlocking-cell-phones-comes-with-a-very-big-catch-20130304" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-s-stance-on-unlock...</a>