That is exactly how I feel too! In order to get MS Office to work, they claim I need a product key. Ha! Product key, Scmoduct Key.

I was also told that in order to get Ender's Game to work on my TV screen I needed to buy a digital copy off of Amazon Prime for $19.99. Oh these silly people. Luckily I know how to make this stuff work without their help.

An invitation to speculate and draw our own conclusions based on a model that everyone will pick apart?

Bring in some pre-conceived ideas from Slashdot readers and we have a real festive discussion ahead of us today! Popcorn time.

I'm taking wagers on how many posts this one gets within the next 2 days. My computer model puts the number at about 535.

You're aware of the fact that they are hypocrits now from this communication. Aren't you?

I think any communication between the public and our government that is open and transparent has value. Even if it does not get the desired result immediately, it influences public opinion in our government as the people observe the ebb and flow of government in action. Government officials are almost always influenced to at least some degree by their public perception.

Those are the questions of the case. But those are not the questions that lead to a ruling of lack of standing.

Wrong. This is a class action suit on behalf of cell phone owner's. That gives this case standing.

This is not only a political stance suit like his father's. This is a legitimate suit of a class that has been directly wronged. Standing will never be questioned.

There's no need to give your data to middle-men. BitTorrent Sync is the way to go.

First I wipe all the data. Then do it again for good measure. Then I disassemble the entire thing and find anything that could possibly include any digital memory. I then smash it with a hammer until it is little tiny bits (no pun intended) and I burn the bits.

That isn't what I actually do. That is what I tell myself I'm going to do with it one day. In truth I'm guilty of #3 like most people.

I also am a libertarian/conservative-leaning voter who, I believe, has to have a similar view to you. But on Net Neutrality, the freedom of the people cannot be protected by giving freedom to an oligarchy. In the modern day, the people are not only subject to the limitations of law. More and more, they are subject to the rules set by corporate oligarchies. In the US, unlike in Korea, there is a gentlemen's agreement amongst internet providers to limit the speeds that we should expect. The capitalist idea of personal property has been perverted over the last 30 years by the use of EULA's that is prevelant, which teach people that they only own their computers to the degree that MicrosoftApple tells them they can.

If you would prefer a company that provides freer computing or freer internet service, there's really no where to run.

Unless you exercise your free-market right to go shopping for a new government. Brazil is looking pretty good to me.

Could someone help me figure out how to mod this story as flame bait?

Seriously. Claiming that only private companies can "get away with doing this" is so ridiculous that it can only be construed as an attempt to rile people up.

PacMan ROMS have Privacy Guard that allows you to disable those "permissions" you give for apps upon install. The app will think it's doing what it wants. But you're in control.

Rooting and flashing a new ROM is the best thing you can do for your privacy.

I visit the stars weekly via astral projection you insensitive clods!

begin sarcasm:: It is either the first time or it is not the first time. There is nothing that makes it "especially" so. Your violation has been noted. You will be watched for further grammar/logic errors in the future. Tread carefully on Slashdot.

And in other new, BP would like to keep its environmental inspectors in their backpocket and Monsanto sees no reason that FDA officials should not be allowed to own lots of stock in their company.