Basically you have organised crime going on in security organisation meant to be upholding the law and as a result supplying those viral tools to criminals to be used against the citizens those security organisations are meant to be protecting.
'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it'
The Mayday PAC isn't about right or left wing or partisan politics at all.
Pretty sure they don't believe Corporations are People, thus: *not* Right Wing.
The problem is, the music isn't the artist's property. The labels claim all the rights. The artists theoretical royalties invariably end up being a shit sandwich, without much bread. The labels signed the deal with Apple, because they know that the artists have signed away all their rights already.
I just don't get why there are still these middle men (always men) in this time where an artist can literally directly connect with their fans (more pointedly: patrons). Is it just about the bandwidth?
I doubt Apple wants to buy something that sends money to Microsoft, and they certainly won't back Google. And Apple doesn't have the expertise to build an effective search engine on their own.
Apple would contend that nothing outside of the beautiful walled garden of Apple.com is worth searching for in the first place.
When the 2nd amendment was drafted the hunting rifle in the hands of the average citizen was not especially inferior to that of the one in the hands of the local serif or for that matter the regular army soldier. Moreover the local serif and the soldier were no more able to defend themselves against said rifle than your average citizen was.
Something funny Sans Serif.
It's Friday, and I can't be asked to fill in the blanks for you.
Backed by the EFF, the Mozilla Foundation, the Linux Foundation, Akamai, IdenTrust, Automattic, and Cisco
Seriously? What are they contributing? Proprietary blobs? Screen Doors?
Bomber WSO.
And we assume that didn't stand for Winged Stratolounger Operator; that you actually were in harms' way, even just the risks of real takeoffs and landings, versus rush hour traffic. I think they're struggling quite a bit with The Bravery of Being Out of Range thing.
Instead you will be sealed inside a metallic "bullet", that runs in a metallic tube - no windows for you (sort of like James Bond in The Living Daylights). It's a pity if you have any sort of claustrophobia.
On the other hand, whether a successful trip or not, it won't last long.
And if you'd care to look at real statistics, cops don't routinely kill "innocent" people
"innocent" being Aryan-code for "white".
Work continues in this area. -- DEC's SPR-Answering-Automaton