When my son was 8 he hacked Petopia, so it's a fairly simple thing for modern kids to take your drafts and contact lists and submit your work through some hacked accounts just to mess with Dad. Just have to leave the laptop on at home while you watch the game and...
Trust. Then verify again, because we're all way too trusting.
Good question. We only have their word for it that they don't have the backdoors that we know that Google does, but in reality the letter they are presented with does not allow them to admit or even talk about what the NSA or other agency forced them to do.
You'd still be insecure on the client end, of course, and all the hops, since the keys have backdoors.
Market signals are only as strong as the investors noting shifts of users think they are.
They can't admit that Ballmer and the key execs they are giving retention bonuses to are worthless and acting as lead weights on a carbon fiber high tech catamaran, placed at the top of the thin polymer sail where they will flip over the yacht and crush the crew.
Think of it as Microsoft Bob, except the person who pushed that is not as cute as Bill's wife, and more resembles The Hulk (me smash chairs).
Look, the actual encryption itself already has an NSA backdoor, both on the sender (you) and receiver end (Google).
Not including the chipset traps built into the waypoints.
This is just so you don't feel like gullible trusting fools while the NSA steals your copywritten information without a court order permitting it to quarter troops (NSA bots) in your house (mobile device, home computer, game console).
But you'll still be gullible trusting fools.
The main reason they did this was the recent hack attacks, actually.
They price the OS portion of the tablet the same as they do for desktops, and when you're competing with an OS that costs (Droid) a couple of dollars, this is a non-starter.
They can't premium price like Apple does, because nobody sees anything premium in the Win sphere, just Same Old Same Old.
I hear they're coming out with Vista Supreme, which bundles Microsoft Bobarino (Clippy with a bow tie), Vista, and stuffs them all on a Surface tablet.
Back when I managed various creative types, including programmers, I found if they worked past a certain point the quality suffered and they didn't actually get any more done.
Sometimes you just have to kick them out of the door, no matter how much they protest.
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I'm still waiting for the Lynnwood to Anchorage plans to show up on the ST website.
You mean the ones along I-5?
You're not allowed to use your phone while driving.
Period.
What if this had been a "self-driven" car, like Google wants us to use?
Ooops.
Hundreds dead due to map error. Film at 11.
You shouldn't be driving to the airport in the first place.
Take the light rail instead.
When my son was 8 he hacked Petopia, so it's a fairly simple thing for modern kids to take your drafts and contact lists and submit your work through some hacked accounts just to mess with Dad. Just have to leave the laptop on at home while you watch the game and ...
Trust. Then verify again, because we're all way too trusting.
Good question. We only have their word for it that they don't have the backdoors that we know that Google does, but in reality the letter they are presented with does not allow them to admit or even talk about what the NSA or other agency forced them to do.
You'd still be insecure on the client end, of course, and all the hops, since the keys have backdoors.
Market signals are only as strong as the investors noting shifts of users think they are.
Basically, it's Hubris.
They can't admit that Ballmer and the key execs they are giving retention bonuses to are worthless and acting as lead weights on a carbon fiber high tech catamaran, placed at the top of the thin polymer sail where they will flip over the yacht and crush the crew.
Think of it as Microsoft Bob, except the person who pushed that is not as cute as Bill's wife, and more resembles The Hulk (me smash chairs).
Look, the actual encryption itself already has an NSA backdoor, both on the sender (you) and receiver end (Google).
Not including the chipset traps built into the waypoints.
This is just so you don't feel like gullible trusting fools while the NSA steals your copywritten information without a court order permitting it to quarter troops (NSA bots) in your house (mobile device, home computer, game console).
But you'll still be gullible trusting fools.
The main reason they did this was the recent hack attacks, actually.
We are the NSA.
Our chief weapons are Fear, Theft, and Stealing.
We repeat the last two just because we can.
Now go home you silly EU kniggits!
Can't outsource the maple syrup.
If it'll help stop offshoring, I'll happily swear that Genghis Khan has been reincarnated, and his hordes are now using computers instead of ponies.
Of course they aren't.
Everyone knows the modern horde uses tablets or smartphones nowadays.
Because there are absolutely zero terrorists in a country with more than a billion people.
Oops.
Guess the nuclear power plant just went critical!
Actually, a properly designed HTML 5 capable app runs perfectly well on an iPad or Droid tablet.
The only problem is if it doesn't handle intermittent connections or an Anything Goes Anywhere approach to data entry.
Modern web-capable code works fine.
They can't compete on price.
They price the OS portion of the tablet the same as they do for desktops, and when you're competing with an OS that costs (Droid) a couple of dollars, this is a non-starter.
They can't premium price like Apple does, because nobody sees anything premium in the Win sphere, just Same Old Same Old.
You have it exactly spot on.
The customers are screaming at Microsoft, but Microsoft has the Cone Of Silence up and isn't listening to us.
However, desktop sales shrank marketwide for all platforms far more than tablets shrank.
People just aren't buying new computers unless they want to.
I hear they're coming out with Vista Supreme, which bundles Microsoft Bobarino (Clippy with a bow tie), Vista, and stuffs them all on a Surface tablet.
Similar to Custer's Last Stand, but with billions of scarce dollars thrown at it.
Same net result.
My point was they are insane.
Your point was you think that's ok.
In 1979, the US Supreme Court ruled that collection of this metadata did not contitute a search.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_v._Maryland
Yes, but SCOTUS also is so insane they think Corporations are People when corporations predate the Constitution and were NEVER MENTIONED IN IT ONCE.
You guys still haven't understood you lived in a police state ?
What's it gonna take ??
When they start quartering troops (e.g. bots) in our houses (e.g. computers).
oh.
wait.
the metadata is how we figure you out.
the data is just the evidence when we finally put you in jail for thoughtcrimes.
Back when I managed various creative types, including programmers, I found if they worked past a certain point the quality suffered and they didn't actually get any more done.
Sometimes you just have to kick them out of the door, no matter how much they protest.
Oil is highly correlated with terrorism, non-functional government, and massive subsidies.
Diamonds are highly correlated with even more problems.
So, just download iOS7 instead of buying the iPhone 5s, and wait until the iPhone 6 comes out.
No, you're thinking "is it easier and cheaper for me".
But you're not trying to create a small craft design office.
Sometimes ... you're not the target market.
We use 3D printers all over the UW and in tech startups in Seattle. Heck, we even have a Robot Day this Saturday at Seattle Center.