androidluvr2
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Thanks. That is 18 USC 1030.Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It's a federal law making it a criminal offense to do pretty much anything unauthorized to a government computing device.
18 USC ? 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers | Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section (a)(5)(A) might apply to jailbreaking since the statute defines damage quite broadly at least to the extent it is done on a protected computer:
(a)(5)(A) knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;
(e)(8) the term ?damage? means any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information;
(e)(2) the term ?protected computer? means a computer?
(A) exclusively for the use of a financial institution or the United States Government, or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, used by or for a financial institution or the United States Government and the conduct constituting the offense affects that use by or for the financial institution or the Government; or
(B) which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication, including a computer located outside the United States that is used in a manner that affects interstate or foreign commerce or communication of the United States.