Apple iPhone: Should Jailbreaking your iPhone become legal?

We’re pretty sure most of you know what the term ‘jailbreaking’ means when it comes to the Apple iPhone. It allows users to alter their software to enable third-party applications amongst other things. Well Apple has finally started to comment on the topic, in a response to news that the process could become legal for users.

According to this article from BetaNews, Apple have called jailbreaking your iPhone ‘hacking’ and are unsuprisingly against users modifying their iPhone or iPod Touch.

Here is a statement issued by Apple talking about all about jailbreaking and the dangers it could cause to your iPhone:

“Frequent and unexpected crashes of the device, crashes and freezes of built-in apps and third-party apps, and loss of data. Security compromises have been introduced by these modifications that could allow hackers to steal personal information, damage the device, attack the wireless network, or introduce malware or viruses.”

Its interesting to find that Apple are only reacting to the whole jailbreaking issue now after the Electronic Frontier Foundation have pushed to make the process legal.

What are your opinions on jailbreaking? Do you think it should become legal or not? Give your reasons below.