To be clear, I'm not in favor of a participation-in-society ban for jailbreaking your phone, but there's already precedent for it.
To be clear, I'm not in favor of a participation-in-society ban for jailbreaking your phone, but there's already precedent for it.
For cars, the local certification authority themselves decides what is road-worthy or not, not VW et al. You can add third party parts without the manufacturers consent. This is not the case for Android or iOS attestation, you're pretty much at the mercy of the foreign manufacturer and their local laws.
If you're expecting a perfect analogy, you're not going to find one. Law in its application also doesn't deal in exactness, but in generalities and vibes: that's why lawyers argue, and judges decide.
I'm familiar with the process for individually certifying unique and modified vehicles in several European countries. Invariably, the process is costly and onerous, which serves as a deterrent.
-children and women, harmed through unregulated and unobserved communications enabling human trafficking and the spread of CSAM.
-social healthcare systems, harmed by enabling the proliferation of illegal drugs, which leads to the over-taxing of an already straining public good, reducing access to people who would need help outside of drug-caused issues.
-society at large, harmed by enabling drug-funded terrorists to trade in weapons and coordinate their destructive actions out of sight of law enforcement.
For your and others' safety, please leave your signing keys at the door.