Mainly because handset makes are lying, deceptive bastards who don't maintain devices.

*insert TrueCrypt license debate here*

Oh go on, i'll start it off.
There are some who would argue the license is dangerous.

Dialling premium rate numbers, obviously. Malware apps are totally useless anyway - if they rely on signature-based detection.

Let's just agree to call it totally unvetted functionality that apple didn't have a clue about?

There have been trojans in the iOS store too- for example, unofficial tethering inside flashlight apps...

Password use is going to be interesting. Bet 99% are the same as their PIN for any cards, and the same as a home alarm.

We're not very good at predicting the future anyway: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/PopularMechanics/2-1950/next_fifty_years/xlg_next_fifty_years_06.jpg

Before the tube sites came along, at least.

http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/pronz.txt

What could possibily go wrong!

What is very interesting is that Firefox 4 is now reporting that this slashdot article is a Reported Web Forgery.

How are they protecting anything if the bad people can still access the site directly if they can find it?

If it works anything like Akamai, the site DNS points to cloudflare, which then relays it all back to the origin host.

(Unless they're locking down the origin hosts to only accept requests from cloudflare networks, of course....)

you can not store CCV2 ever, even if encrypted. Read PCI and try again.

I realise people don't read the article, but try the summary, at least. These screens don't offer a solution in terms of energy demands.

Summary is not clear, but he is a Thai Citizen as well as US.