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- verb Present participle of
jailbreak .
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Examples
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The next big thing in jailbreaking may just be Android access.
Android Running On iPhone Promises Great Things To Come | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The move comes on the heels of jailbreakme. com becoming available again, following the Electronic Frontier Foundations 'to label jailbreaking iPhones legal.
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Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.
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Some users break into iPhone -- a concept known as 'jailbreaking' -- to run applications and software programs that is not approved by Apple.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.
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Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
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Changing operators 'fixed phone settings -- a concept known as' jailbreaking '-- has become widely popular around the world since the 2007 introduction of Apple's iPhone.
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We've gotten a lot of inquiries about two cell-phone related exemptions that EFF championed: one to clarify the legality of cell phone "jailbreaking" - software modifications that liberate iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker - and another to renew a 2006 rule exempting cell phone unlocking so handsets can be used with other telecommunications carriers.
EFF.org Updates 2010
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The Library of Congress 'Copyright Office ruled that "jailbreaking" -- the act of breaking through copyright controls on phones to use your own apps -- is legal.
Marketplace 2010
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A DMCA exemption for cell phone "jailbreaking" -- liberating iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker.
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Just like with any other chatbot launched in the last few months, users have been trying to trick Clyde into saying things it’s not supposed to say, a process colloquially known as a “jailbreaking.”
Jailbreak tricks Discord's new chatbot into sharing napalm and meth instructions Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2023
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