Want greatest privacy? Use cash. Want to give up privacy for the convenience? Use mobile payment. And, if we know Google well enough, they'll most likely let you track your spendings in neat little infographics. Obviously if you don't want your wife to know you bought a Fleshlight then don't use a credit card. But for mundane payments like a burger at McD, why the he'll not?

Google Voice plus a few other services already offer this (sms only, no mms) via an app download. Only thing is that you'd have to tell your friends about your new number.

>>SSDs are going to fail just like hard drives will

Like saying old stuff fail and get replaced. You can't, as hard disk producer, market products with high or infinite durability and be profitable. You want your shit to fail (within reason) so that people will spend more money on your products. We can very produce a lightbulb that never dies but we're not going to.

A: "My son got into DeVry." B: "What did he do? Open the door?"

Evolve or die. Invest more in services like Pandora and GrooveShark. A few lawsuits here and there will not get you to your former glory.

If you're going to meet someone for a deal, agree to meet at a public place with lots of people like a Starbucks or something.

Very bad experimental methodology. The guy needs to set up a control (phone off) as well as using more phones to try toget a better feel of what's causing the 3mb traffic.

... but. How about just connect your bank accounts to your smart phones and use the phones as currency? We'd need short-range data transmission technology (with adequate encryptions and securities). That way, we can see our balance live and put up safety measures that prevents spending. The technology is already there.

They will possibly delay and/or undermine future leaks.

genetic drift No. We don't need to worry about the fact that there's no breathable atmosphere. Nope. Not at all.