Instead of privacy controls, how about not entering information you want to keep to yourself or a select few from ever getting on the site in the first place ? It's already been proven that what is private now will not necessarily be kept private, and there's always leaks and whatnot. Is it really that hard to just NOT put certain stuff on these sites to begin with ?

It's cute that you still think that really matters ;p

This is pretty nifty. I'll be on the lookout for a story here tomorrow about how the guy who made this was sued into oblivion. Really, this dude has to know that trouble is brewing.

Come on now - you know that getting around the protection to a legally purchased product is illegal. Not only illegal - but it encourages terrorists and heroin addicts. Think of the children, please ?

I really hope they're using GIT.

Most of the "Developing nations" out there are still having trouble with clean water, roads, and reliable power. So we're going to stick them with solar ? First, who is going to pay for it ? Second, if they aren't getting reliable power through more traditional means (like coal), how is this REALLY going to help them at all ?

You realize that in the real world such harsh actions very rarely end with any type of benefit for the employee, right ? Might as well just quit. He works on a network with people's sensitive medical records. Myself, along with millions of other Americans, applaud hospitals and other institutions for NOT letting these kinds of shenanigans go on. That's why HIPAA was created, love it or hate it.

This is one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situations. The hospital is just trying to stay in compliance with HIPAA and the various personal non-public information regulations. Their solution DOES seem a little overboard, but this is what happens when people continually lose laptops/usb drives/etc that contain sensitive information. While this might be a little hard for the hospital's employees to get used to, it's really a win for us normal folk (assuming it's all properly executed, which is a big assumption).

As far as legal recourse, IANAL but I don't think you really have one. While I get the whole "You're not touching my computer" bit, why don't you just use the computers provided ? Hell, even at the community college I go to, I have to install some software just to connect to their network. Same with some of the other corporations that friends and family work for. In the end, if you weasel your way around the restrictions and then lose your laptop, have it stolen, whatever - you'll really be on the hook.

If there's a Mac version, does that mean a Linux version might ever come out ? Because that would be sweet... A few months after switching to Linux I still boot into XP from time to time so I don't feel like I wasted the cash on a decent graphics card. You'd think if they've already ported this to the Mac maybe a Linux client wouldn't be that hard. Then I could get rid of Windows forever ;p

I'm not from Australia, but TFA really makes it sound like this is a disappointment to Australians. I'm hoping that this is actually GOOD news to most of you guys down under ?

More or less. There's the "Debian Way" which is a bit more complicated, or there's the regular way: just log out of KDE/Gnome/etc, run the nvidia installer, log back in and that's it.