"... aren't running with escalated privileges ..." [ Or so you think. ]

Um, yeah - but will Apple sue me?

An under-reported fact is the security rating of these devices. They are particularly effective against malware and keysroke loggers.

The gubmint's move still ain't good enough to let me move up from mp2 to mp3! Since there are so many patent experts reading this story, it should be timely for me to ask, "Has the mp2 patent really expired?" By the way... ahem, cough, rattle ... I use ogg. That whole mp2 thing was hypothetical ...

I like the idea of not using a continuously running SSHD at all, but instead put a trigger mechanism on an obscure port (or just reboot) to turn it on.

Well, I don't exactly see the unique benefit of this device (not enough coffee this A.M., I guess). But let's give 'em credit for something:

Marketing Marketing Marketing!

• Find a field that regular folks know nothing about, but is scary for them.
• Sell a widget that purports to save them from the scariness.
• Make millions.
• Sell it to Homeland Security providers.
• Make more millions.