Apple is, as of right now, denying any cooperation but that's status-qua.

There are thousands upon thousands of people looking at open source code. One of them somewhere along the line is going to notice. That should be pretty obvious. I would like to think this would be a tipping point to more Open Source based usage but we all know that most people don't have a clue what all the surveillance talk even means. All they hear is "They are listening to my phone calls" and that's where it ends.

Have you ever read the book? The reference to 1984 in this instance is in regards to the "Ministry of Truth" in which every day the changed history in all written communication as they are doing with the Fat Leader's uncle.

Where they pride themselves on the use of Orwell's 1984 as the standard operating manual of State propaganda.

I'm guessing in a real world situation the creator of the password would know exactly what it image refers too. As for not being able to recognize any features in the linked examples, while I could never guess them (and that's the point pretty much) I can definitely see how the caption and image relate to each other after reading it.

We all know what happens to whistle-blowers that blow within....they are quieted, discredited, fired and smeared before they have a chance to tell any that would actually do anything about it. Had he done that business would be continuing as normal and of course that's what they prefer.

How do so many "smart" people continually come up with the dumbest testing criteria and questions. It boggles the mind...there are real consequences caused by inadequately designed tests especially at the developmental level this type of testing is aimed toward.

Being university educated doesn't necessarily mean you aren't gullible and stupid.

Simple case of replying to the wrong message ;-) I agree with most all your post states.

Following the " *noun* enables people to kill people" argument it just makes sense that we should start banning nouns. Obviously it's the nouns fault.

I have a feeling that if one, or both, nations had received the documents we would know about it by now. Not directly of course but there would have been some kind of communication or statement made somewhere that made it obvious that they know more than has been revealed. It's almost a certainty that they have managed to get their hands on even more sensitive information than the whistle-blowing that Snowden has done, it's an inevitability in a connected world and they don't need him for that.

...my unintended moderation.

That is ripe with incest and preteen sex, child brides and sex slaves as well as rape. Also, any medieval based works, most post-apocalyptic or fantasy settings that involve royalty since they always seem to bang their sisters or aunts or mothers, oh and Shakespeare too in that case. Seriously, they just eliminated pretty much every major work in the last 2000 years...oh and the Bible and other religious works. It was nice reading (most) of you.

This has been how it's done in China for all of recent history. It's not going to change and there are a lot worse "internships" than assembling consoles in a factory. They assign kids to jobs ranging from the worst job imaginable to the best, it's just how things are done there.

Culture differences make things appear more "right" or "wrong" depending on where you live. There are a LOT of worse things to worry about China (or any nation) than their internship practices

A cockroach is a cockroach....I'm all for sensitivity and the plight of living beings the planet over but I refuse to reach the point where I care about an insects feelings. It seems a silly concept to me...can't cut that worm in half to bait my hook, might make you a sociopath. Don't shoot that deer, rabbit, or elk...might make you a sociopath! Don't drop that living lobster in water...sociopath!