Richmond:
> I cannot quite see how people are prepared to go on buying
> Apple iPads when there are such draconian restrictions as to
> what one can run on them.
> While the Android "thing" may not be much better, at last one
> can side-load almost anything one wants.
> But, Like Richard Stallman, I suffer from the "horrible" belief
> that once one has bought something it belongs to you and you
> should not be told what you can and cannot do with it.
Richmond, this may be rare but I'm 100% in agreement with you! My
device, my management. I don't have the right to do something illegal or
endanger others, but otherwise, I call the shots.
Safer? Ha! I can assure everyone that at least in the U.S., your own
confidential information is fairly likely to be transmitted insecurely
even by professions, regardless of which phone or computer they are
using. I've seen it again and again - social security numbers, sensitive
records, photo ID, banking and financial, the works. Dumbing things
down, the resulting ignorance and complacency hasn't helped. I'm not
even getting into other long-term implications of recent technology trends.
For virus and malware in particular, yes. But that type of safety could
be achieved in other specific ways. This system is primarily about
control - a lot of it is financial, some perhaps even ideological.
Safety is also a big component of the system, but not the defining one.
Best wishes,
Curry Kenworthy
Custom Software Development
http://curryk.com/consulting/
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