If you care about jailbreaking and its future within the U.S., you should be worried about the fact that the exemption which ruled that jailbreaking a handset was not a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) will expire later this year. Back in 2010, that exemption made it clear that jailbreaking a handset such as an iPhone is completely legal in the United States, even though it was strictly limited to “handsets” and did not cover things such as tablets or video game consoles.

Apple has decided that it’s not only unsupported, but also illegal, to jailbreak your iPhone. Don’t worry yet, though. As of right now, only Apple supports this notion, so unless they hire iCops with real power to arrest, you’ll be safe with your haxx0red iPhone or iPod touch.