Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Maybe the first time, or the second. But when there's a pattern of obvious and blatant refusal of compliance, suspicion should certainly direct one's course of action. How else to find the truth?
Let's just stop all technological advancement until we overthrow the US government.
Nice straw man, man! Who called for the overthrow of the US gov't or the cessation of technological advancement? My point was that you're labeling people who are rightly suspicious of the motives behind a government-mandated kill switch as paranoid. Their suspicion is vigilance and skepticism, but not (at least in the pejorative sense) paranoia. If you think there's not potential for tyrannical abuse of this technology, you're naive.
The difference between your apparent misunderstanding of my position, and what I'd really advocate is this: You think I want to stop all technological advancement that could potentially be abused by the government. Actually, I just want full control of any technology I own. I do not want my cellphone or laptop camera to be activated unless I activate it. I do not want the mic or GPS on my cellphone to be active unless I'm using it. This is not too much to ask for, and is actually what the expectation ought to be when buying and using and use any of these devices. Sadly, though, as we've learned through recent whistle-blown information, this is not the case.
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