Is unlocking an iPhone by jailbreak illegal?

So I've been reading about this whole deal on the new law against unlocking your smartphone yet jailbreaking isn't illegal. So what if I unlock my phone through jailbreak? Is that necessarily illegal?

It's against apples rules and that's about it. They don't do anything about it

Jailbreaking is illegal.

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