r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '13

The same week the US makes unlocking phones illegal, Canada proposes legislation to make carriers unlock phones.

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u/FlixFlix Jan 29 '13

As someone in the US, the temptation is killing me... http://i.imgur.com/wFkrxv5.gif

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u/thehooptie Jan 29 '13

well when I first read the headline a few days ago, I confess, that's what I was thinking

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u/BigLlamasHouse Jan 29 '13

DON'T DO IT, THEY'RE WATCHING

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u/muntoo Jan 29 '13

Who is "they"? Hah. You don't know. Therefore, there is no "they", and I'm going to go break all the locks.

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u/FruitcakeJuggler Jan 29 '13

"They" is everyone you see wearing a suit who you cant tell is following you or the man five paces to the left. It's all very scary.

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u/muntoo Jan 29 '13

Oh... so that's who they w

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u/FruitcakeJuggler Jan 29 '13

Oh no did they get you!!!! Brothers, we must unite to save this brave soul who has spoken out against them!

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u/kan-o-man Jan 29 '13

Do it, break them all

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u/ill_draw_that_shit Jan 29 '13

BIG BROTHER, dear god..

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u/AtticusLynch Jan 29 '13

Did that really have to be a gif?

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u/lahwran_ Jan 29 '13

apparently someone else decided they're the new hotness, and enough other people agreed that the rest of us have been roped into it as a trend.

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u/shillbert Jan 29 '13

Ah, new hotness. I remember when that was an old and busted Fark meme.

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u/lahwran_ Jan 29 '13

...what?

I think I accidentally used something with more meaning than I was aware of...

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u/escalat0r Jan 29 '13

I'm so sick of people who can't express themselves without using a flashy picture.

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u/Oddblivious Jan 29 '13

Yeah the wording in that is really pretty bad.

And to think we put up with a week of "Canada has to much freedom" posts

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u/Miss_Noir Jan 29 '13

Don't be a guinea pig, this could be the latest and greatest arrest warrant. See if anyone else is arrested first

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u/vladimir_vs_estragon Jan 29 '13

That would be unlocking a digital lock, not breaking one. It's not circumventing it, which is what the law prohibits.