May I remember everybody that there are countries out there (Germany is one of them) that require Google to blur out buildings if the property owner puts in a request to do so? That's because privacy laws and understanding of personal privacy is completely different from here. I don't know much about Japan but maybe that woman actually has a case here. Just saying.

I have no clue how the poster came to the conclusion that milk, a slaughtered rabbit, or the uranium ore are fake. Are they unusual for online ordering? Not really. Milk can be ordered online, rabbit can be had from online delicatessen stores, etc. Sure, the reviews are silly but so what?

I don't think you read the whole thing. This is about the risk of an attack compared to the freedom and personal privacy you have to give up. The article states that this scale is tipped way too far towards the giving up your rights and that balance needs to be readjusted. Nobody can argue with that, can you?

Yup. At the end the writer cited the two sources where he got his info from: Jamey Pittman and Don Hodge. I have no idea what the purpose of that write-up is because the writer did not add any new or original information. A link or two would have been sufficient.

I am confused about the FTC requiring opt-out tools. They already exist. You can go to the Network Advertising Initiative's website and opt-out. Sure, only members of this organization will recognize the opt-out cookie but most advertising and tracking services are members of the NAI. Then there are tools as OP mentioned. I'd like to add Bynamite as well.

That's exactly the problem. Getting root is simple. Getting custom "ROM"s and bootloaders on the DROID X and Milestone is an entirely different thing. The latter two are digitally signed. The Milestone has been out for quite a bit now, has been rooted, but so far custom OSs are still not running on that thing. The most promising approach at this moment is using kexec. Somebody will be able to get this all to work eventually but it is not very elegant.

Reading comprehension is not your strength is it? 1) p3droid admitted right from the start that it was all guess work but somehow everybody ran with it and concluded that there should be "shame on Motorola" etc, 2) Motorola admitted to locking down the bootloader but not to bricking the phone in case an attempt to replace the bootloader was made. Btw, reports came in that the Droid X does not get bricked when trying to fiddle with the bootloader.

The Milestone has been rooted, i.e. you can get superuser access to the system. What the Milestone cannot do (as of yet) is booting a different bootloader which allows booting a custom system image (aka ROM).

I am sorry but I do not see that Motorola acknowledged the use of eFuse technology. Yes, they locked the bootloader down just like they did with the Milestone (using encryption). Other than that it is pure speculation. Show me the pictures or show me a bricked phone and then we talk.

Are you taking everything so literal? I hope you know what they are trying to say, no?

And iPhone users (including children) don't have access to porn? Last time I checked (guilty as charged!) there are iPhone specific streaming sites for porn. Instead of going to the app store all they have to open up Safari and google for the goodies.

Until the world is not inhabitable anymore....

You are forgetting the tax breaks the state of CA and the feds give you for going green. In the end a unit costs around $400k which cuts the time to 15 years. All that said, though, I hope money is not the only motivation why anybody would look into alternative energy sources.

Sure thing: http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/