It like believing that because you don’t see somebody somebody can not see you!

It is just as possible to hack an Iphone or any other cell phone. As a matter of fack there is several trojans and bots that can infect the iphone itself. If the law enforcement can hack into your cell phone or your GPS so can I so can every body else with enought motivation. The only difference is that unlike a PC:
YOU HAVE NO WAY TO FIND OUT AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!

it is true that a locked device will reduce the number of frauds but it will increase their sizes so dramaticaly that we will still lose in the end. Moreother we need our unlocked PC because this is the only way we can access their tremendous power. If you rely on internet on every thing and if you lose access to it for a raeson or another technical, political, comercial, financial, criminal, fashism, nazism, discrimination. . . you are screwed!

For security I want to be able to lock and unlock my device myself and not rely on self serving corporations I can not trust such as Apple or AT&T.

The same with me. I want total control on what I owe overwise they can keep it!

No Bloody Iphone or Xbox crap!