Neither CarrierIQ or the Carriers have business in knowing what apps I'm using, whether they crash or not (the PDF says it reports context switches between apps, this is an INSANE invasion of my privacy) - except the crapware written by the Carriers themselves, which I need or want none of.

They were largely responsible for the "case" against themselves - if they worked with the researcher instead of using lawyers to threaten him, there would be no case. They should have been sensitive enough to know that there's a very fine line between what they make and a real spyware - and be aware of the possibility that EFF might join the fray before their lawyer sent that threaten letter.

Mostly agreed, except that CIQ made a fatal mistake of trying to silent the researcher with a SLAPP. If they worked WITH him in the first place, I bet none of their current PR disaster would have happened.

Not so fast. I suspect if CarrierIQ didn't attempt to SLAPP the researcher, none of its PR disaster would have happened.
Don't act as if CarrierIQ is totally in the right, because it is not. The moment they decided to unleash a lawyer first, and then an honest disclosure when necessary, their fate was sealed.

The solution to this is to pay the surgeons by the hour, per operation, etc. Then the pay scale will be the same for every piece of work.

As to motherhood and the importance of families in society, it'll need to be compensated in other ways - because if it's compensated with a "parity" salary of their occupation, it means the families and motherhood of a female surgeon is more valuable to that of a cubicle worker, which is obviously untrue.

And, the joy of motherhood and family needs to be accounted for as well - otherwise it'll be unfair men who cannot enjoy the experience of bearing a baby and being able to breastfeed.

By making the amber light last just slightly shorter, again!

they fine people at 85%

The platform-specific stuffs are there, but where's the .Jar?

What about people who want to join but don't run their own compilers? You know, those people exist.

Widgets have given Android a 10 year advantage.

Because it's such a prominent feature on Android, Apple doesn't want to copy it - that's why you'll never see non-jailbroken iOS devices running widgets on the home screen. You read it here first.

On top of easily setting compliance policies, BES also controls enterprise resources other than those controlled by Exchange.

Does ActiveSync devices still require setting up a VPN separately?

(hint: if you or your company don't need those controls, it means you or your company don't need those controls - nothing more)

first, there's push policy update on BES vs poll-based policy updates. if you're in an environment that needs dynamic policies, push policies can't be beat.
second, BES allows applications to set its own policies - while last I looked at ActiveSync, it's only for an MS application (Exchange).
and then, ActiveSync policies are very device-specific - Windows Mobile phones implements a larger set of supported policies than Android, for example.

FIPS compliance, maybe?

> You can administer and control (to some extent), and wipe the phone using ActiveSync. If you're using BES, I assume you have an Exchange server? Well then, you're all set

I assume you haven't used BES. It's understandable why you think ActiveSync might be an adequate replacement. (hint: the level of fine-grained control offered by BES is way more reaching than what an administrator can do with ActiveSync.)

> ActiveSync provides security policies too

If you're comparing mere ActiveSync security policies with BES security policies, clearly ActiveSync is secure enough for you.

The bottomline is, almost all road accidents are caused by jerks, or people who have no idea how to drive yet somehow got their licences. About the only ways to reduce fatality on the road is to

1. make the road test about 5 times tougher. If you're in north america, 20 times tougher
2. enforce road rules with heavy-hands on top of severe punishments

Since many if not most politicians are either jerks or people who have no idea how to drive yet got their licences, I doubt they'll actually make any real effort to reduce road death.

Therefore, road death cannot be meaningfully reduced. Thus, effort is better spent on preventing some other deaths, such as....flu.

QED