Lead-containing gasoline was first introduced in the 1920s. In 1965, geochemist Clair Patterson drew public attention to the problem of increased lead levels in the environment caused by industrial use of lead. In 1975, leaded gasoline was banned for vehicles in the United States. In 2021, Algeria became the last country to ban leaded gasoline.

About 30 years ago, Phil Zimmermann published PGP, the first widely available program that implements public key cryptography. Later he was investigated by the US government for "munitions export without a license".

has the right to define what is fake news ( https://www.wired.com/story/fa... ), then why do you think Singapore government don't have the same right?

And apple didn't give you the right to take your own risk.

Reform is not free. It need tons of money. They'd be happy if you guys could donate a couple of bucks to support them.

you can see the future of IoT. Tons of phones will never get any security updates. I don't think IoT manufacturers will do better than that. Internet of Things = Internet of Vulnerabilities.

of auto industry being eaten by software: you can't repair your own car, or you violate the DMCA. Farmers Demand Right To Fix Their Own Dang Tractors Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware

"There may be a few remote villages that still use generators". No villiages are still using generators. In 2015, the last remote group of 39,800 people in two villages, which are at an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters in the remote hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, were connected to China national grid. China has realised universal power access.

I can review something not bought throught amazon, until I read this on slashdot...

Oceania prevails!

They could bomb Ecuadorian Embassy in London then claim that the bombing was based on an outdated map, just like what Bill Clinton did to Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999.

No, WEP and WPA are not banned in China, the Chinese government just require that wireless devices sold in China support WAPI standard as well as WEP and WPA. But you western companies would rather release their products without any WLAN at all than conform to Chinese government's policy until 2009, in which year Nokia and Apple compromised. Nowadays all WLAN devices in China support WAPI, WEP and WPA all at the same time.