Forget the Cellphone Fight — We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own 
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'm astonished that people overwhelmingly believe this falsehood. The White House response opposes legalized phone unlocking, except to phones already out of contract. When they say they "support unlocking", they have a different interpretation of what that means: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.[...] 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.https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cel...A (very) few journalists are paying attention:http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-s-stance-on-unlock...