He should definitely be compensated.

... if it wasn't for the fact that the iPhone 5s contains a fingerprint sensor. Who is to say other phones don't? What is to prevent anyone from collecting our fingerprints and matching them to webcam photos? If you want to get very paranoid, putting this kind of technology into a single device doesn't radiate "harmless".

There is no way for them (or anyone else) to say with any certainty that a backdoor does not exist for this or any other product out there.

The most Apple can do is say that they're not aware of a backdoor, but I doubt this will satisfy anyone with a tinfoil hat.

No rights are unlimited. You are free to say what you want, but there are (and should be) consequences for inciting violence against an identifiable group of people.

There is a difference between legitimate criticism (which is the original driver of Freedom of Speech) and inciting hate/violence against a group of people. I know this rubs some people the wrong way, but if you were on the other end of the minority stick you'd feel the same way.

All of Firefox's plugins have security problems. Requiring click-to-play only for Java while ignoring all other plugins comes off as biased.

I would support that. But that means that groups such as Neo Nazis would not have the right to spread hate against racial groups, because racial groups do not represent "the state" you speak of.

Your argument makes more sense than those of others. So yes, it's possible.

Guilty until proven innocent?

Unlikely. There is no evidence that the cop saw the defendant before entering his car and preparing the paperwork to fine/arrest him.

1. Freedom of Speech is not absolute, nor should it be. Case in point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater
2. Freedom of Speech does not protect you from the consequences. If you openly slander your boss, he is free to fire you from the job.

All this to say: No rights are absolute, nor are they free of consequences.

Really? Last I checked, this is a legal contract between the end-user and the phone manufacturer, not Google. Further, do all phone manufacturers void warranty on reflashing?

Is there an Indigogo campaign?

Even if they did: how would they track billing? I assume they don't plan to give out electricity for free?

Agreed on "Only 345 million?"

They seem to be worth *a lot* more.

The existing system already does that. They already pay more than the average.