"...we're not just JUST about FTP servers anymore!"

Sounds pretty gross but...can't be worse than Pizza Hut.

Just because it has the keywords "Bitcoin" and "Linus Torvalds" in the headline - it doesn't really mean its "news".

Oh, come on. Oprah even won it. It should be one of her "favorite things". I bet if you were on her show on the right day, everyone in the audience would get one too....

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What happens to Bitcoin (and other/like virtual currencies based on mining difficulties) when Apple unveils their shiny new iQuantum computer, and mining power of the masses (or those of the privileged few) suddenly increase a hundred-billion fold [or whatever]?

FWIW, the article starts with:

"Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested just under $50 million in Bitcoin-related start-ups."

i.e. Even if he doesn't believe a damn word he's saying - he's heavily invested enough to need to make it work.

I am shocked that he did not include amnesty for Snowden. I think it is a distinct possibility for his last day in office. For Obama to have to rewrite public policy because of Snowden's action - and essentially admit the government was wrong (by virtue of the fact that he is correcting actions) - Snowden should be given Amnesty and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He risked a LOT more than Oprah did - and did a LOT more to assure the freedom of all Americans.

I only checked the posts here to read the impending "In Soviet Russia..." jokes.

I agree that the credit card info should NOT be there - but by virtue of the fact that he didn't say it was - I'd assume it is not. I'd also assume Starbucks would just keep CC info on their own web site, not on the phone.

So - knowing that the app needs to somehow either cache this info in a way it can get it back to login, or have you re-enter the password every time, I'll ask again:

What SHOULD they have done differently.

If the app needed to "store the encrypted password" - what options would it have? It could encrypt and store it - but then it would need some sort of encryption key to do so - and the app would need that key (which would then have to be stored in the app.

So, what's the solution? We're NOT talking about a password file that can be stored in a hashed manner - that's receiving and verifying passwords, not sending them. Web browsers don't store cookies/tokens in an encrypted manner - if you got them you could use them elsewhere (assuming they weren't tied to IP address or whatever).

So - (and I'm asking literally, not rhetorically) what should they have done?

Yes and no. There are many well-educated, foreign countries in which US companies (several I have worked for) try to hire-in, in an attempt to lower labor costs. India is one, there's also Russia, Singapore, etc. It's all about supply and demand. US companies flock to these countries and start hiring. This increases demand and decreases supply. After a while, the salary offset isn't as large, and there becomes less incentive to do so. This is starting to happen in many countries, and it's a good thing for workers everywhere. (Foreign employees get paid more, less desire to ship US jobs overeases = Good for US workers).

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Though I see this as being useful, it I am sure is also expensive, but the worst think about it is the inconvenience factor.

I couldn't imagine having to deal with syncing my iPhone to my toothbrush all the time to pull reports. As this type of "smart" technology becomes more and more ubiquitous - we'd start to do this with everyhing. Our bathroom scale. Our electrical meter. Our themostat, our car, whatever. Having everything talk Wifi ("The Internet of Things") is one thing - and even has its own issues - but this clearly is getting out of hand.

When I can get the damn bluetooth speakerphone in my car (or any car) to work reliably - I'll think about it...

Put a (USB) keyboard and mouse connector on it - and maybe a stand to hold the screen upright. Maybe instead of "tablet" or "laptop" the could call it a "desktop"...