(CNN) — Fresh from a victory that saw a pair of online-piracy bills shelved, Web-freedom advocates are now fighting to preserve their right to jailbreak their iPhones.The Electronic Freedom Foundation, a key player in the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act, is urging people to ask the U.S. government to declare that hacking their own smartphone, tablet or other device is not a crime.
“Smartphones, tablets, and video game consoles are powerful computers with lots of untapped potential,” the group says on its website. “Yet many of these devices are set up to run only software that’s been approved by the manufacturer.
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