Which Mobile Carriers Make It Hard To Unlock Your Phone?

2,698 views · Published 19 February 2015 · 9:01 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: TechCrunch · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Over the past week, a number of headlines have trumpeted a big victory over the notoriously bad practices of big U.S. mobile carriers when it comes to unlocking phones. But one digital rights activist and researcher says that things aren’t quite as rosy as they might seem. Colleen Taylor talks with Sina Khanifar, digital rights activist from eFF about how U.S. carriers are now required to make it possible to unlock cell phones

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