In Europe you should be able to return the product anytime within two years, in this case I think that saying it is not "fit for purpose" would be an understatement.

Anybody else see a big fine for Microsoft on the horizon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Expecting to have an Evidence Based Surveillance Policy is like expecting to have Evidence Based Drugs Policy.

Maybe they're probing for a response, so that they gain information on what responses can be made.

Yes but what happens to all the little holes in the programming, maybe there's a hole that brings him a ginger ale and ouzo. The programming would have to be exceptional to cover all circumstances. Would you then be held accountable by your sister for letting it happen because you bought a defective product?

The robot shouldn't be tasked with this judgment any more that the latch on a fridge door should be asked to keep you an your diet.

If I was a Canadian that went across the border into the US to buy a car because it was cheaper doesn't mean that the car company can come and tow it.

Slightly off topic, but do you think there will ever be the chance of Amazon reinventing their video player so that it works in Linux.

At some point this will play out in the courts when an AI start to approach human levels of intelligence. Will we use the chimpanzee case as a precedent?

So why is nobody investigating this company. Or is this just the way business is done?

I didn't think it was known yet if it was the same attack vector.

Before I joined my current company their equipment disposal policy was to have their old equipment picked up as General Purpose electronic scrap. It didn't take long for me to find a local charity that was re-purposing PCs by loading them with Linux Mint and giving them back to people who couldn't afford one in our local community. In the UK we follow the EU law Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... so recycling locally actually kills a few birds at the same time. We follow the law, the charity are happy to confirm that they have receive the equipment for recycling. Which also keeps our accounts people happy as they can track the write offs. Our machines are wiped down as they put a fresh Mint install in place. And we're giving something back into the community. I really don't know why more companies don't put the little bit of extra effort into putting the same kind of relationship in place.

Cue every airport getting a paid for recharging kiosk. I'm sure that there is a good business idea in here somewhere.

The USSR didn't have Hollywood. Just look at the amount of positive propaganda that gets consumed as entertainment. It's almost like there's some sort of plot.

It would be interesting to see a comparison of the number of steps needed to change the search provider in Android as opposed to a Windows phone.