You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
Winston Churchill

We're still trying 'everything else'.

Who in their right mind would believe anything the NSA says? They have lied to everyone about everything.

You just got the attention of thousands of eager lawyers.

And he was probably right on over 90% of those things.

So, dogs will bark constantly when these devises are attempting to communicate? Bring Rover in to work with you. Problem solved.

"Yeah, we hacked your shit. Now GFO."

Seems the way to counter this effort to demonize Snowden by the people who are criminally spying on everyone is to keep repeating that Snowden is a Patriot. But I see that this course of action will quickly degenerate into a shouting match. I'm pretty certain I would lose any shouting match to an idiot, so the percentages don't look good here.

"Oh, and we'll have to bill you for charging your vehicle of course. Just sign here to authorize us to obtain your credentials wirelessly anytime your vehicle passes over a manhole cover."

Who needs old fashioned tracking devices that have to be surreptitiously installed under a vehicle? You just gave them permission to track you full time.

That's treason around here. Hand in your Slashdot card as you pass through the exit.

Nope.

Nope.

And... No.

I have been a juror on criminal trials and I am always surprised at how hard it is to tell the difference between the cops and the criminals.

Why don't they just arrest the people they want, charge them with 50 gazillion stupid "crimes" and then offer the "applicant" a plea deal in return for their cooperation? Just like we do here in the States.

It's shit like this that makes it hard for me to believe that they could find 15 of their countrymen intelligent enough to learn how to pilot a plane.

Nothing personal, but I'm not certain that you could have done such a complete and utterly devastating job of running Nokia into the ground. I mean, that was one hell of a company with some outstanding potential. It takes a lot of real talent to ruin something so perfectly.

I thank you for your reasoned response and suggest that your comments might be better received in this forum if coming from a proper ID as opposed to posting as AC. Just a thought.

a better strategy is to just record and publish lists of prior art after the patent issues

The best part of your plan is that it keeps all the patent attorneys gainfully employed. Amiright?