Snowden has lots of faith in the American public. Unfortunately for him, the trial would be conducted by the American government. I'd have to say he's got some really good grounds for not trusting the American government at all.
Your first assumption has a problem. Nobody is expecting any service to be up 100% of the time. Legal streaming and download services do not need perfect availability, they merely need to be better than the piracy option. Give me a site where I can find any content, no matter who publishes it, at a reasonable price, and with no stupid restrictions on what I can do with it, and I'd use that site over piracy any day.
According to Apples website, the announcement of the new Apple TV device was made September 9th 2015. The edit history on the iFixit article indicates it was posted September 21st. It does not appear that iFixit released anything before Apple made it public. At worst, what they did was destroy a pre-release version to save them the trouble of standing in line at the Apple store to buy one. Given Apple's previous attitude to product leaks, I suspect that had anyone at Apple thought the NDA had been violated, there would be a lawsuit already.
Given the typical accuracy of facial recognition systems, I'd give it about a week before 90% of merchants are either ignoring it or demanding extra ID for all transactions.
The simple fix for Google would be to require https for all web sites carrying Google ads. This makes the deep packet inspection required for ad blocking impossible. As a side benefit, it also makes government spying a whole lot harder as well.
Region blocking for internet services like Google would work about as well as region blocking for any ther content. As the French have already discovered with their attempt to block filesharing, the block simply won't be very effective. There are just too many ways around it.
The conclusion is probably the worst part... Due process is the American way of obtaining justice, not summary professional execution called for by editorial writers
Funny how due process isn't an issue when it's a literal summary execution at the hands of the police instead of a figurative execution in a newspaper.
That's because there is no contradiction. Congress has not made a law restricting freedom of speech. The government didn't bother with minor details like making the killings legal.
If customers are reporting bugs that you've already found, then either you are releasing code with known bugs, or else you're releasing code before analyzing it for bugs. Either way, it does not make your company look very good.
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Give me a site where I can find any content, no matter who publishes it, at a reasonable price, and with no stupid restrictions on what I can do with it, and I'd use that site over piracy any day.
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It does not appear that iFixit released anything before Apple made it public. At worst, what they did was destroy a pre-release version to save them the trouble of standing in line at the Apple store to buy one.
Given Apple's previous attitude to product leaks, I suspect that had anyone at Apple thought the NDA had been violated, there would be a lawsuit already.
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This may be a good thing to happen
As a side benefit, it also makes government spying a whole lot harder as well.
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Re: Google is doing it wrong...
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Due process is the American way of obtaining justice, not summary professional execution called for by editorial writers
Funny how due process isn't an issue when it's a literal summary execution at the hands of the police instead of a figurative execution in a newspaper.
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Someone should tell them that it's generally a good idea to take the gun out of the holster before shooting. It's less painful for the feet.
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You said it right there. People are lazy, and fighting against the creeping authoritarianism is hard work.
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Congress has not made a law restricting freedom of speech. The government didn't bother with minor details like making the killings legal.
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Request filed by: James Comey
Documents requested: All publicly releasable documents.
Documents found: No responsive documents.
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Either way, it does not make your company look very good.
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