As of 2014, it is explicitly legal to unlock a phone:<p>&quot;Circumvention of a technological measure that restricts wireless telephone handsets or other wireless devices from connecting to a wireless telecommunications network ... may be initiated by the owner of any such handset or other device ... solely in order to enable such owner or a family member of such owner to connect to a wireless telecommunications network&quot;<p>- Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, 2014 (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.congress.gov&#x2F;bill&#x2F;113th-congress&#x2F;house-bill&#x2F;1123&#x2F;text" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.congress.gov&#x2F;bill&#x2F;113th-congress&#x2F;house-bill&#x2F;1123...</a>)