Wife (not a techie) says she wants Android now, so there's no one stealing her fingerprints.

just ate another chocolate on account of this article :@

They are so fond of telling us, "If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear."

What does Obama fear?

Spain, a country with high unemployment, takes a step towards crushing its IT infrastructure.

I'm not sure about the IT infrastructure, but it's quite fantastic what's going on!

The high unemployment is fantastic? Or the response in the face of it is?

As in the whole situation is surreal:

- high unemployment = no money - entertainment needs + no money = piracy

And now they've come up with jail time. Awesome. I wouldn't like to be the spanish gov right now.

perhaps he meant "fantastic" as in "Imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality". As in, whoever thought of that law must be having the best dealer connections.

The whole situation in Europe is just a collective descent into madness, led by those in high offices. The only surprising part is that they're about 20 years past due.

Everyone assumes metadata doesn't include the source data.

Even a compressed copy of your telephone conversation isn't the actual call, just the 'metadata' describing how it is compressed...

Perhaps the only language that the US will understand is a loss of business?

Well, at least we can all understand the "war on terror". It was really about securing US dominance via a secret system of courts, government agencies and secret deals between US corporations.

All this due to the ending of the cold war.

Now, with the Arab Spring, the US has sought to twist events into a new war. Syria being just the beginning...

All the more reason for choosing Chinese own brand.

Google appear to be confusing the law with the loyalty of their customers.

How so?