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Comment Re:Are they looking to be banned from sale in the (Score 1) 93

You mean the part where the government tries to eliminate a superior and safer product in an effort to boost a substandard domestic competitor who's owners have been pumping tons of lobbying money into the system? The same government who bases that elimination on unsubstantiated security claims? Yes, I'm familiar.

Comment Watch your mouth (Score 1) 47

Could've gone mainstream viral without the profanity. I love profanity when used correctly. I consider it the 'seasoning' that makes conversation more impactful, interesting, or entertaining. The constant f-bombs ruin the more subtle joke that these are real responses. You could insert f-bombs in real responses and then it'd be a joke response. Creating joke responses and also including joke profanity is like the belt and suspenders approach to mocking security leaks. I might be proven wrong but I can't imagine this being picked up for broad distribution because the fucking joke is fucking lost between all of the fucking profanity.

Comment Wow this is scary (Score 1) 192

I guess it depends on your company, the size of it, and their objectives. I ran MDM on employee personal phones for the better part of a decade and never had to remotely wipe a phone. Nor did I ever know were someone's phone was. Our objectives with MDM were to remain compliant with security policy. We required the user to have a lock code for their phone as about five percent of them didn't even lock their phones. We also retained reasonable control over company data (email) on the phone including the ability to erase that data. We tracked absolutely nothing other than the existence of phone locking because that's all we needed to remain compliant. I think if your company is small enough and they're only doing it for security they should be able to tell you exactly what they're doing with MDM and you can make you decision then. I think a blanket "don't ever do it!" is overkill and in many situations and will make it very tedious for some people to be effective at their job.

Comment Safety first (Score 0) 182

DJI's products feature flying, spinning, blades. If the device malfunctions it's at the mercy of gravity and wind and it's uncontrollably headed towards earth. Can you blame them for using every means possible to ensure their products are as safe as possible? Children have lost eyes to these things and people are whining about their rights to fly them in less-safe condition. I get the slippery slope concept and all but I have no problem with DJI grounding them until they're as safe as they can be. Or maybe you're reading this on your Galaxy Note 7.

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