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New Zealand Frontline Police Get Apple Devices in Efficiency Measure
mask.of.sanity writes "Thousands of New Zealand frontline police will be armed with smartphones and tablets from this year in an efficiency initiative that the force hopes will save millions of dollars. NZ Police say the devices are Apple iPhones and iPads. These will be password protected and can be wiped remotely if lost. Police declined to say if the devices and their communications will be encrypted."
And by equipping front-line personnel with the most fragile peice of telecommunications equipment in the world!
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.
Every time some school teachers or government workers in the U.S. want the latest tech toy, they pull that same "It will save money, improve efficiency, improve the quality of our work" shit too. I've yet to see it ever do ANY of those things. Not even once.
At least private industry can just say "We're giving it to our workers as a personal perk" and be honest about it.
What political party do you join when you don't like Bible-thumpers *or* hippies?