On: Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on m...

[raincole]

Yes. It's called jailbreak. And yes, it's legal in the US.

> what is the difference between a clamped down App Store with arbitrary rules, and what China does with their Great Firewall?

I hope you understand the difference now!

[matheusmoreira → raincole]

What are you talking about? The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent software locks.

[ryukafalz → matheusmoreira]

There is currently an exemption for this:

> Computer programs that enable smartphones, tablets, and portable all-purpose mobile computing devices, and smart televisions to execute lawfully obtained software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications with computer programs on the smartphone or device or to permit removal of software from the smartphone or device;

(From the exemptions section of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright...)

They are time limited, so this may not be renewed in the next rulemaking session. (Yes, it's a silly system.)