Comment Re:And another on the ban pile (Score 1) 289
Another option is that it is just a manufacturing hack (because of component shortage) without properly thinking about the consequences.
Another option is that it is just a manufacturing hack (because of component shortage) without properly thinking about the consequences.
Executives make decisions.
Lock the bastards up.
Most likely one of the conditions of the settlement is that the executives are not prosecuted for their transgressions.
And the executives will have the fine paid from the corporate funds... business as usual.
The customers of the company I work for do not like it when their blueprints are publicly available. Would you like to have your code and documentation searched by gmail to show ads? (What information do these ads leak to the company that pays for it?)
And any "alien" Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo or Google cloud data is up for collection by the NSA. Sounds like a good reason to encrypt at least some of your mail.
What are some good rules of the thumb:
If you following the advice the Internet is a good place to experiment with political and sexual discussion, pregnancies and STDs come from meeting IRL.
It is good to have relevant restrictions as conditions for porbation (no alcohol for people convicted of intoxication related crimes), but I don't see any good in a total restriction of computer use for a petty thief (unless he brokers on ebay).
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.