blacking out phone communications when the police are buttwhuppin on a homeless is good for Big Brother.

thing is though, while i love my phone, nobody put a gun to my head and forced me to buy it. when the big brother features get out of hand i'll simply buy something else and i'm sure millions of other people will do the same. supply will meet demand.

i think even if the snowden leak doesn't get to change government policy (there will be some window-dressing but nothing more) consumers are becoming wary enough of intrusive technologies that a backlash is brewing.

SUUUURE you will ;)

of course i will. i'm not a professional victim.

Sure could have fooled me ;)

i'm not the one constantly crying about "the man, conspiring to keep me down"

for more on this, look in the mirror.

"winky winky," or whatever.

Haha. You're cute. Why are you starting shit? I'm just playing with you fucker, but if you want to ram your iPhone up your ass you're free to do that too. Besides, you know I can't look in the mirror, my sheer sexiness will stop me in my tracks, I'd be stuck there all day stunned and mesmerized by the beauty like in a Hubble Deep Scan image ;)

Ha ha. You're cute. Why are you starting shit? i'm just playing with you fucker, but if you want to ram a payphone up your ass you're free to do that too

winky winky, etc

In your rush for a clever and-1 response you missed the best part!

damn. i could have made fun of you giving yourself "deep scans"

o well. next time!

So the German govt has evidence Windows 8 includes a method for Microsoft to gain access to your pc remotely without your knowledge. Maybe I need to look int Linux...

http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/...use-windo.html

The backdoor is called “Trusted Computing,” developed and promoted by the Trusted Computing Group, founded a decade ago by the all-American tech companies AMD, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Wave Systems. Its core element is a chip, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and an operating system designed for it, such as Windows 8. Trusted Computing Group has developed the specifications of how the chip and operating systems work together.
Its purpose is Digital Rights Management and computer security. The system decides what software had been legally obtained and would be allowed to run on the computer, and what software, such as illegal copies or viruses and Trojans, should be disabled. The whole process would be governed by Windows, and through remote access, by Microsoft.
Now there is a new set of specifications out, creatively dubbed TPM 2.0. While TPM allowed users to opt in and out, TPM 2.0 is activated by default when the computer boots up. The user cannot turn it off. Microsoft decides what software can run on the computer, and the user cannot influence it in any way. Windows governs TPM 2.0. And what Microsoft does remotely is not visible to the user. In short, users of Windows 8 with TPM 2.0 surrender control over their machines the moment they turn it on for the first time.

i shouldnt get pissed with the widespread usage of the term for the new cheap i-phone, 'i-phone for the poor', now should i?
its like so many other things called that way, like anchovy is called the fish of the poor.

i dont know what you mean but i shamelessly love anchovies. especially in a grilled cheese sandwich. mmm, anchovies! also, in a tapenade. and in pizza. and with pasta. i'm hungry now...

I had a delicious fruits de mer at the weekend, complete with anchovies. fyi

mmm-mmm-mmm!

i also love tuna-- the kind that comes in a can. with some cold lentils, it's great. sardines too, even from a can-- a sardine spanish tortilla, hot damn!

and herring-- smoked, pickled, whatever, always awesome.

too much coffee and cheese

I don't know which record I should listen to next.

How about a Nicole Roberts one? Seems to do the trick for messrs Glice and demonrail.