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Woz Compares the Cloud and PRISM To Communist Russia

Posted by timothy on from the privacy-and-private-are-not-unrelated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Some journalists ran into Steve Wozniak at the airport and asked him about iOS 7 and PRISM, where he made an interesting comparison about how the US is becoming what it once feared most. In communist Russia 'you couldn't own anything, and now in the digital world you hardly own anything anymore (YouTube video). You've got subscritpions and you already said ok, ok, agree and you agree that every right in the world belongs to them and you got no rights and anything you put in the cloud, you don't even know,' says Woz. 'Ownership was what made America different than Russia.'"

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  1. FIrst Post Maybe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Communist Ammerica the Russians own you!

  2. Mr. Wozniak... by CodeHxr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please come with us into the black van. NOW! *whack to head, covered with black bag*

    1. Re:Mr. Wozniak... by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only a nerd would threaten a security service comprised of no-neck jocks with Mjölnir. They'll be scratching their heads for months now wondering what this is and if it's from some terrorist language.

  3. In Soviet Russia by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Youtube watches you!
    Google searches you!
    Email reads you!
    MS Windows boots you!
    Facebook pictures you!
    Text message receives you!

    Ok, I'm done, anyone else?

    --
    I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/
  4. Re: Russia? Please... they were amateurs. by Patch86 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read in one article that they've turned down exactly one request in their history. Which is a scary thought- what on earth did that request contain that even they couldn't bring themselves to rubber-stamp it?