Might be interesting, if it wasn't patented already...

I did some research. GPL2, paragraph 1 requires to always add a license to the distribution. I.e. the user should *not* be required to do any research beyond reading the manual or maybe the help menu on the reader. (In this case the help menu does not count, since it is not accessible before giving away my personal data.) Registering is already too much. I bought something for cash, why on earth should I want to provide my email address and name?!? And who says, if i where using a Windows PC, that data isn't sent when updating the library/adding books, or without win PC, whenever a free WLan becomes available? (Yes, I can switch of WLan. Will it really stay switched off with a vendor who is so sure to know better what's good for me?)

My Kobo reader didn't want to work without registration. I found some help here: http://trollinger.blog.com/2013/10/25/using-kobo-ebook-reader-without-registration/ BTW: Only because of that problem I learned that KOBO devices run Linux, and noticed that they didn't offer the source code in their manual, which means they are probably in breach of the GPL2 and might face some problems for it. I'm not feeling sorry for them.

It's nice that yo can reach in, but not that nice since it is lacking moisture :-(

That must be the first competition "Mine is smaller than yours" I've seen among men...

You should have left it uncommented :-) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trolling%20is%20a%20art

Accidentally mis-voted on a slow computer... Please mod parent up! Very good explanation!

Unfortunately the NSA,did take care that EU traffic was unnecessarily routed through the US, tapeired politician phones, abused save harbour agreements for data centers etc. I don't consider this fair game. And if spying on Brazil is seen as justified action of war because they harbour someone (I wouldn't know about it), irt shouldn't be surprising if Brazil doesn't order war equipment from their "enemies"...

There is more than black and white, you know... I expect^wwould wish for the police to do their work, still I exp^wwould wish they'd respect privacy and adhere to the principle of innocence until proven otherwise, and freedom of speech, and civil rights. The same I wish I could expect from secret agencies. What our Government is not allowed to do to us, it shouldn't be allowed to do to other people as well.

Good luck... I have the same dream for us here in Europe. Imagine a democratic elected parliament with some real power instead of the EU commission doing the decision... Imagine ministries, where the ministers and staff design new laws rather than "Advisers" being officially employed e.g. by the pharma industry...

Maybe my country does, although I consider them quite incompetent in this regard. The difference is that I still find it problematic, and so do most of my friends here. Another difference is that most people I know accept that other countries will react on the aggression of our government, and that it is our responsibility to rally against it.

Hm. Maybe, getting some good contracts might save the SAAB AG from being bought out. Maybe this is also part of the thinking by Brazil government. Also, the EU might not want Boeing to purchase SAAB AG...

Just imagine, USA would be a democracy, and people would elect their leaders. Then it would be fair again, right?

For some reason I have the feeling that most Americans didn't see much of a problem in the spying on other countries. From what I read in the news, the main perceived problem was not the spying, but that they didn't filter the domestic data out. Maybe decisions like this will change the perception, and consequently maybe the foreign policy as well.