But here's the thing - if someone else submitted this exact same patent application, and had it granted, you can be pretty sure that a lawsuit against Apple would come along pretty soon. So they are kind of forced into applying for a patent on everything they are doing (or may want to do).
I don't think this is an Apple problem, more of a patent system problem.

Except when they are litres.

But if he didn't go public - and kept it from his wife and family, it could be used to blackmail him.

Agreed. But if "one kind of messing around underground is dangerous" we should perhaps be cautious about other kinds and plan the work and monitor the effects closely with the potential consequences in mind.

I would advise a B or maybe even 2B rather than HB lead.
Smoother to write with, and gives a darker line.

And I think you're wrong, since they

Exactly.

Dogs with a human handler are too open to abuse. The handler may intentionally or unintentionally signal the dog, so it then indicates, and they then have permission to do a search. If a dog cannot be calibrated, and the accuracy known, it should not be used for law enforcement.

That's interesting. How accurate is it? That would be my biggest concern, that I could accidentally press the wrong button on an important confirmation dialog. Also, do you get into a mind-trap of having to think when to touch and when to mouse?

"post geek" - Interesting. But in my own case it is more like "too old and too cranky to put up with time-wasting crap any more".

Well, they are still going on about (sorry, "remembering") Daniel Morcombe.

It's like Schnier says, if it was commonplace it wouldn't be on the news.

So, you're saying this is a clever move by China to have Australia pay for the exertise required to find the backdoors in the code which Huawei "obtained" from US companies with backdoors inserted by the NSA et al so they can clean it before they use it for their own networks?

Brilliant!

Here's an interesig thought - given that there is a high probability of such a backdoor in Cisco equipment, how long until some black hat invests the time needed to find and exploit it. At which point he can hold much of the global network infrastructure to ransom.

Great, that's settled then. From now on, it's pronounced URINE-US.

No mod points, so I'll just compliment you on working in antidisestablishmentarianism. Well done, Sir.

What I don't understand is how people can rationalise prison rape as an acceptable part of the punishment, yet not be concerned that the rapist and the victim will be let back into society after their terms are served, and expect them to be well adjusted, upright citizens.