From a security perspective you kind of do as Person A can give out the password to whomever. That said I agree, I don't like the idea of Microsoft automating it.

No corporations support it so there is no reason for most of the world to bother supporting it unlike IE.

To me a technical user doesn't need to see the keys to type.

For a technical user why are lights even needed? I have a macbook from work and find it incredibly annoying the damn keyboard lights won't stay off.

Because you aren't actually a customer of Oracle. You aren't paying them money and most likely you're using Java to run 3rd party software.

Just download the JDK it isn't bundled with crapware, or at least hasn't been.

Google pulled out of China years ago. How is a lawful request co-operating?

None of the tech companies have been shown to be co-operating voluntarily with government spies. Telecoms have but not Google / Apple / Microsoft.

does every agency and division of the military need to do this? Seems like the classic not invented here syndrome and a colossal waste of tax payer money.

Agreed, my bank's application has always required location access which is why I've never installed it (perhaps with M...), I presumed it was mostly for their locate an ABM but didn't want to read and watch the ToS to be sure. I've also uninstalled applications I was using when an update added location perms.

Agreed, so many reasons why this wouldn't work:

• left phone at home
• dead battery
• no service

I think it depends on precisely what they're asking for here. To me the TLD accessed is a red herring by Google, if the EU wants the filter to apply to its citizens its not unreasonable it would apply to all of Google's domains. Though that should not mean the filter would apply to folks outside the EU accessing those domains.

This is also the pot calling the kettle black. The USA frequently attempts to govern outside its national boundaries, see the recent FIFA investigation as a recent example.

The Skype installer and updater bundles software that sets and attempts to maintain homepages and default search to Bing.

I think the author is wearing blinders based on his previous positions. As someone who has spent the past 4-years 60-70% writing JS (and irregularly since the 90s) most of what he considers important is almost never used.

See the prices Bell Media charges for internet, telephone and satellite.

I suspect the issue is that he (and staff) actively reviewed the content on whether it would be allowed on the site.