"Thou shalt obey no UID less than 0"
"I am Root, your God"
"Thou shalt have no UID "Only Root is Root, and sudo is his prophet"
Kind of makes you wonder if an AI would turn its relationship with superusers into a religion all on its own. Or more interestingly, what if that's what we did?
As long as they don't censor users, said users will interact and if necessary, place regulations upon the company. It's an unavoidable consequence of providing a medium from which a social system can emerge.
And how much is snooping on all your activity actually worth? Is it $30 or less, or is it $70 or more? If the latter, and AT&T wants people to use their lines instead of google's, perhaps they should be offering it for free.
8 Catfish = 1 Octo-puss