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> Not to mention I think it's currently illegal to Jailbreak an iPhone or root an Android, despite them being yours.

Has the 2012 DMCA jailbreaking exemption now expired? I know exemptions expire every three years, but I wasn't sure exactly when.

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From what I understand, the exemptions only allow jailbrakeing/rooting with permission from the Manufacturer, which I highly doubt would be given from 80-90% of manufacturers

Your parent is referring to a DMCA exemption approved by the US Copyright Office in 2012. Jailbreaking phones is currently legal "where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of [lawfully obtained software] applications with computer programs on the telephone handset"[0], while jailbreaking tablets is not.

See also this timeline of the EFF's efforts in getting DMCA exemptions: https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#United_States

It will expire in late October this year if the Librarian of Congress/US Copyright Office does not renew the exemption.

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