> > What is your opinion? > Is FBI attacking the privacy of iphone users? > > I think a state government should not be banned from running businesses, applying its own decals and ideals, and that Uncle Sam Smartphones or whatever could be handed out, free of charge, to underprivileged, say through schools.
They'll be FBI hackable but come with many other benefits only the US is in a position to deliver (a wide range of special apps). That doesn't really solve the current problems, but I do think patriots who want to make a statement of support, should be able to go to Walmart and buy whatever ideologically correct phone suits their persona. Sure, criminals will prefer privacy but then ordinary citizens have access to the same cryptographic techniques. That cat is well out of the bag. I'd like to see Uncle Sam with its own chain of roadside hotels, a rental car company, an airline. They'll have to be open source / open book so people see they're not cheating i.e. they have to turn a profit. They're role models, showing other capitalists how it's done. Those who always criticize the government for not understanding about business, will have less of an argument. I'm not talking about nationalizing all the existing companies or anything close. Just let Uncle Sam get into the phone business, if it takes issue with how Apple is doing it. Compete in the free market, but through coercive court orders. Kirby http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2011/05/cowardly-capitalism.html
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