Wrong. Kip Hawley was right when he said that this would merely shift terrorists' training focus to people on those pre-screened lists. It's a farce, yet another, that aims to merely make the ignorant masses "feel" safe. When the masses "feel" safe they praise on high their elected officials who "saved" them and "protected" them in their time of need, and REELECT them

Ah. Gotcha.

and just how did that help at Fukushima?

Isn't that kinda how these big businesses work in general these days? Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Samsung, Motorola, Oracle, Intel, Dell, etc? I guess I'm just saying if someone has an issue with Sony they probably have an issue with the whole industry & it's practices, not /just/ Sony...

ah i had forgotten but yes I do. I can completely understand if that is your reasoning

Just because of how Sony handled this? Please, after this fiasco they'll be the safest company to trust your info to. Sony didn't handle the breach well, nor did it inform customers as it should have, but guess what? NO OTHER COMPANY would have done ANYTHING different. I'll bet there are many that would've tried to deny the whole thing.

I always liked to fantasize it was a wooden one...

Up to a point, then they become moral again because it no longer means as much. I think it occurs once you get past the billionaire mark: Examples: Warren Buffet, Bill Gates...

uh...keylogger software? You have to decrypt your documents to use them after all...

You mean the Do Not Track list which is practically unenforceable? The one where the advertisers "do the right thing" and honor the users' request not to track them? Such an IRONCLAD defense against predatory advertisers should be the gold standard, shouldn't it?

Would having wireless carriers be dumb pipes really be so bad? Regardless of who's "goodness permeates"?

uh yes the app was called siri back then, I used it myself for over a year. I still have the .ipa file.

The problem is that, though I agree whole-heartedly with the results of the study, it was funded by Google. Even if it wasn't we'd have controversy, but since it does, it's gunna be more than a flamewar!

this may be a sign of my generation/youngness speaking...but....whut?

thank god I'm not the only one who thought that!