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To: pageonetoo

Your examples don't relate because they affect only the products they are used for. Sony can put a file-protect feature on its CDs; that's their own right... but their program puts itself onto your computer, where it makes the computer vulnerable to viruses.

And it's not like the black boxes you mention aren't without controversy! Because GM does something Orwellian, that means that we have to approve of every Orwellian thing everyone does?

>>A California law that went into effect in July 2004 requires manufacturers to provide customers with information on black boxes in cars and states that the data cannot be obtained without a court order or the owner's permission. <<
--CNET news.com

As far as LEOs... they're a part of how such cell phone works. That comparison is just plain stupid. Complaining about how they affect your privacy is like the Texas Chain Saw Massacre guy complaining that his chain saw makes noise.


43 posted on 11/11/2005 3:16:51 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus; Swordmaker; ShadowAce
This was linked up thread but I am posting another source... Sony Backs Down
44 posted on 11/11/2005 4:13:48 PM PST by tubebender (Chris Matthews suffers from "IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE"...)
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