The writer dismisses all too easy the fear of losing privacy, just because there are technical solutions, as if it was a matter of technical difficulties. The State will not allow this because it will lose power (over people's lives).

finding a captcha is on the verge of proving that you ARE indeed a robot...

Of course he is trolling, consciously or unconsciously.

You can't bring as an argument in favor of the proposed law the opinion of someone who's kid has been abducted! He's too biased to think rational, and you can't build a law on top of such a bias.

And needless to say, as has been proven multiple times, child abuse has been an ideal means to build consensus on limiting free speech which threatens Their Democracy.

for whom?

Very well said my friend... That's exactly what I thought when I read the news. I hate that many people will use this news as an alibi to say that social welfare is useless, since no good talent is not eventually lost...

I was using BTRFS on two laptops everyday and all was fine for at least a year, but had to remove it because I really needed the accurate free space reading feature...

As if the 'customer feedback' would ever endorse this extra fee, or any other fee...

I regularly have to get rid of disks of my firm with clients backups etc. I just remove very easily the electronic circuit on the back and then during the cold days of winter I put the disks in my fireplace. I don't know the exact temperature there, but next morning all there is is the outer casing and an aluminum maze in the ash bin. I guess, that does the trick.

the 'Beatles Act'

I can see how this development will enhance our liberties!

... you won't be stopping the revolution when it happens...

...not network!!! Who needs more that 1Gbps?????

...unimpressed...

Verdamte Deutsche! Even bad things, they do it good!

I wouldn't trust ANY product with hardware encryption. It has been SO many times that we 've heard those poor encryption implementations to fail miserably out of incompetence, or malevolence (backdoors etc)...