{"id":16993,"date":"2018-10-26T11:33:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6138214c-8e31-4677-aaa3-ca71c3993c3f"},"modified":"2018-10-26T11:33:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:33:51","slug":"need-to-fix-an-iphone-or-android-device-you-can-now-break-drm-under-new-us-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/need-to-fix-an-iphone-or-android-device-you-can-now-break-drm-under-new-us-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to fix an iPhone or Android device? You can now break DRM under new US rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s now legal for consumers and repair firms to break an electronic device&#8217;s DRM protections to repair it, according to a ruling by the US Copyright Office.<\/p>\n<p>The rules are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2018\/10\/26\/2018-23241\/exemption-to-prohibition-on-circumvention-of-copyright-protection-systems-for-access-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">newly adopted exemptions<\/a> to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits circumventing digital rights management (DRM) protections used to safeguard copyrighted works.<\/p>\n<p>Every three years the Copyright Office makes a ruling on petitions for new exemptions or the cancellation of existing ones.<\/p>\n<p>The new ruling, which comes into effect on October 28, affects the legality of owners and professional repairers bypassing access controls on devices for specific purposes, for example, for repairs, jailbreaking, unlocking a device from a carrier&#8217;s network, accessibility, and education.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling covers an array of devices, including smartphones, tablets, mobile hotspots, wearables, smart TVs, vehicles &#8212; including cars and tractors, as well as smart home appliances like refrigerators, Nest-like devices, and HVAC systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/resource-library\/whitepapers\/ios-11-tips-and-tricks-for-business-professionals-free-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS 11 tips and tricks for business professionals (free PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the rules permit circumvention of access-control features to maintain or repair them.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>The Copyright Office explains that the repair-related exemptions cover &#8220;computer programs that are contained in and control the functioning of a lawfully acquired motorized land vehicle such as a personal automobile, commercial vehicle or mechanized agricultural vehicle, except for programs accessed through a separate subscription service, when circumvention is a necessary step to allow the diagnosis, repair or lawful modification of a vehicle function.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security researchers are also exempt from the rules when hacking computer programs, such as electronic voting systems, so long as the activity is carried out in good faith and doesn&#8217;t break the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.<\/p>\n<p>Jailbreaking smartphones was already allowed under existing exemptions, and now this situation has been expanded to include smart speakers, like Google Home and Amazon Echo devices.<\/p>\n<p>While the exemptions will be welcomed by right-to-repair advocates, there are still practical limitations and contradictory elements.<\/p>\n<p>As Motherboard <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/xw9bwd\/1201-exemptions-right-to-repair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notes<\/a>, companies have made it hard to acquire the tools needed to fix devices and put in obstacles that make it difficult to bypass manufacturer-made restrictions, even if it&#8217;s now legal to bypass them.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/no-apple-hasnt-activated-a-secret-mac-repair-kill-switch-yet\/\">discover &#8216;kill switch&#8217; 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just as soon as the company figures out how.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-and-why-apples-robot-liam-disassembles-iphones\/\">How and why Apple&#8217;s robot Liam disassembles iPhones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple introduced Liam last year, and now, new details show how (and why) it disassembles old iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/need-to-fix-an-iphone-or-android-device-you-can-now-break-drm-under-new-us-rules\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Copyright Office removes some obstacles to repairing your device in the face of DRM protections.<br \/>\nREAD MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zdnet-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need to fix an iPhone or Android device? 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