Can you imagine the surveillance and tapping systems in place? I'm calculating a ratio line/surveillance person of approximately 1:1

"A UK academic has blamed..." That's the story, right there. Enough said. :)

I absolutely agree with the poster. Also, Germany is a country where privacy laws are taken über-seriously (pun intended). They also take crime very seriously. Whoever made the call to send the police in must have either balls of steel, perfectly knowing the media shitstorm that would ensue.

does this mean that if we achieve a tighter concentration of pores on the lens we will achieve gradually smaller scales?

Please someone mod this guy up as informative! That and he stole my comment.

I didn't express myself as intended, apologies. I meant to say that he should have given back the laptop as soon as he laid hands on it, not wait until he got confronted.

I agree with ArchieBunker and people seem to be commenting completely on the sidelines. I really recommend RTFA if only to avoid going to the joint that the thief co-owns (I don't care what he says at the end, he should have given it back, he didn't, he's a thief).

Seriously, it's not long, it'll only take a minute of your time.

As far as the article I would really like to read documents relative to the gag order and the source of the news; as mentioned in a few comments, is this gag imposed on twitter itself or users using twitter (the twitters legalese is specific on the subject and knowing UK judges anything is possible). Also, is the gag order specific to UK users or does this judge think we still live in colonial times (I repeat: anything is possible).

I could go on but as I was typing I stopped caring...

Do I have to invent the original series model with a detachable manual scanner or the TNG unibody type? Just to know which direction to take...

A huge credit card company releasing information (I don't care what kind) to a third party? I hope their servers are decent and users follow protocol... Yeah, I hope.

OMG someone please mod this up bigtime!

Ericsson was in no position to enforce the name priority. They had no money and needed the deal. Fast.

... oh wait.

You just gave someone in Hollywood an idea for their next craptastic movie... Nice going...

I surely hope so, even if it is just on a EU level. In fact I would be thrilled this to be put forth to the EU Commission as a violation of consumer rights and confidence. I know there are lots of big companies that have similar practices and I think that they should be made to an example.