They don't need a phone, but they need a gun (sarcasm). Seriously, I know you have this thing called school shootings in the US, but the question is, do you want millions of dumb and disturbed kids because they can't stop looking at tiktok in school, or do you want a a few dozen kids being able to call mommy and say "I'M GONNA DIE AND THAT STASH OF WEED UNDER MY BED IS NOT MINE BYE!" and get shot anyway?

What if just teachers have phones? I guess one person calling 911 per class room is enough.

You did no mention in which country you are. In the Netherlands bicycles go on the bicycles paths (or on the road with cars). Pedestrians go on the sidewalks. Still, non-electric bicycle riders complain about e-bikers because their speed is much higher.

Price. You get an e-bike from 1000 euro, while a motor cycle costs 10 times as much.
License. Every child over 3 years old here in the Netherlands can ride a bicyle. You need a motor cycle driving license to ride a motor bike. That means you need to be 18+ years old, need lessons and to do an exam, which will cost you hundreds of euros at least.
Convenience. Need to go somewhere, hop on your bicycle and go. No need for helmet, protective clothes. Ride and park it anywhere, even where motorized vehicles are not allowed and can't come.

Never understood why Americans ("citizens") think basic human rights only apply to them and not to those other couple of billion humans ("non-citizens") that are not born in the land of the free.

Also, if a private company fucks up, you go to its competitor and the bad company dies. You cannot choose a government, especially if it's the ECB. I would have to move out of the continent.

And it will be really scary if it will be combined with this great plan from the EU:
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-unvei...

No, thanks!

If they are really serious about protecting privacy, they will use some currency that has anonymity built-in. But every single decision any government takes nowadays, goes into the opposite of anonymity.

We gave the web to Google. Not just the web actually, everything (mobile, car, home elctronics). I'm old enough to remember when we had web standards, and hence competition and choice. Now our digital lives are in the hands of a hand full of America tech giants. This can't end well.

My message to the newer generation: it does not have to be this way. We don't need Google and Facebook for "innovation" or for running our lives. You can start by downloading Firefox and looking for other alternative for Google's and Facebook;s services. It's easier than you think.

If all hardware manufacturers would just open up their hardware and publish the specs, there would be no need for them to put effort in making this one model work with this one distro. Instead the community will make it just work on any OS/distro.

What if the company goes bust or the shareholders don't want to invest in cleaning up space after the system is at the end of its lifespan? Who will clean up thousands of satellites?

He is a hero in the sense he pointed out major flaws in how Verizon handles security and in how the CIA director handles security (iCloud, really?). All companies and governments (can) learn big lessons from this that is worth as much as sending 10000 people to a security course.

Recently moved and carried a full box of tapes to me new house. Wondered what to do with it. Send me your offers now!

Did he cause any damage except make a company feel bad the hard way for having bad security policy?

PGP was introduced in 1991. Now it's 2017 and we still don't know how to make sure we are talking to the person we think we are talking to. *weep*

The man and woman in the story might have potential unknown health issues as well. Maybe the kid will now grow up to be healthier than if the man's sperm was used. You don't know it.

Get your own domain, create an email address, setup your own server (if you're a nerd) or else just redirect it to whatever webmail you're using these days.

You're trolling, but ok... RTFS:

So even if you pay, you have the same problem.