And as I recall, there are press coverages around in Germany, stating that the region lock comes to the S3 via update. Go figure. Someone is lying - but who?

Both companies suck ball, especially Samsung with their newly introduced regional SIM-locking crap...

Could as well be parallel construction at its finest....

Awesome? It's creepy at best.

OT: Lebanon is indeed quite scenic - Beirut is still worth a visit after all those years of turmoil.

Not to forget that ther was an air grap at Natanz - so we're talking about more than just shutting off nodes access to the net.

Stuxnet, as an example, bridged the air gap multiple times via infected USB keys...

... build a wall around it. I seriously hope, that the spent fuel pools don't need to live through another earthquake.

I did RTFA and between your figures and the 40 Mio Letter is a huge gap... who cleans up if the company goes bankrupt and the funds run out?

People? Under what rock have you been hiding for the last 10 years or so? It's called a cellphone, nowadays it's even worse with a smartphone, always on, any app can query the wifis nearby or even the GPS...

Thanks for the figures - do you know who will fund the deficit? The taxpayer like in many european countries?

It's a start. And then, watch how long the dismantling goes and how high the costs will be end the end - and watch very closely who foots the bill...

I wonder how they could cancel their mistrades that fast while crunching out those huge numbers of HFT orders every second...

No, Switzerland is not "much more secure" when it comes to online security and privacy. There are lawful interception laws which requires most if not all of the bigger service providers to register and to implement a lawful interception interface into their email infrastructure. Much tougher laws are in the works, such as keeping meta data, email content and much more for 12 months. Again - Switzerland isn't the best place to feel safe online.

Who are you kidding?

[Citation needed]

'nuff said.