[axusgrad]

The DMCA provisions for circumventing an access control measure. Cell phone unlocking had an exemption before, but are restricted again.

[wvenable]

It isn't immediately obvious to me that DMCA applies to jailbreaking a device; has it been confirmed to apply? I understand it applies to breaking access control measures on copyrighted materials but it seems to be a stretch to apply it to jailbreaking in general.

[alexwright]

Some of the code on the device is no doubt a copyrighted work, eg the main Glass APK and such. You can't dump some parts of Android without being root, and getting root would count as circumvention.

I'm sure they wouldn't pursue it... but it's shitty enough that they could.