Or maybe a lot of government officials will go to jail.

Maybe Pooper Snooper. Has a good ring to it.

The reason people with a clue don't use this kind of method is that it's inefficient. Instead of collecting everything and sifting through it they concentrate on potential problems. That way they can intercept threats before they cause damage. With mass collection of everything they can't possibly know what they're looking for until after an event. Once damage has been done they go to their database and find what happened. Great for forensics but shitty for protection.

But yet it will not hurt his chances of keeping his job any. People care little for their rights, they take them for granted. The electorate has changed greatly in the last 4 decades. Scandals that once destroyed political careers are now shrugged off.

If they have nothing to hide it shouldn't be a problem.....should it?

The chair is against the door.

See, we must have cameras and recorders in all homes to insure our safety. Freedom is just another word for less safe.

That is the point. You force the same price to everyone. I can't say as I think it's right but it might be the only way to deal with shit companies like microsoft.

The only ones I've seen them grab were after the fact. Pre-emptive measures not so much.

He'd probably be a troll on slashdot if the were in our era.

Good point. I know if I was on the bomb squad I'd be dying for an opportunity to do something. Being on that squad in Hapeville has to be some boring shit. No wonder they jumped at the chance to actually do something....anything.

You'd think that with all that money and effort they could actually catch at least a few real terrorists. Nope.

Considering the young man was guilty of trespass the best bet was to cooperate. It makes it more likely all he'll get is a slap on the wrist.

I have chlorine bleach and ammonia cleaner in my house. Almost everyone has dangerous chemicals that could be used to make explosives. I used to have a gallon of methyl ethyl ketone in my garage but I loaned it out and never saw it again. You can buy all kinds of stuff at any hardware store to fight WW3. We've got to get past the paranoia. It is absolutely impossible to make life 100 percent safe and trying to do so doesn't make it safer just more miserable.

Live by the patent, die by the patent. Apple has been know to abuse patents also. The irony is so heavy.