Comments on: Unlocking smartphones

By: cha

cha — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:57:10 +0000

Meanwhile, north of the border providers will be required to unlock phones and cap charges.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/28/tech-wireless-code-of-conduct-draft-crtc.html

By: krazykiwi

krazykiwi — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:44:19 +0000

Legislate against unlocking phones? Sure, why not. It's not like the US has bigger problems they should be dealing with!

By: Reid

Reid — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:38:55 +0000

This is the way the laws are headed in the U.S and the U.N.

Yes it is Fletch. Trouble is, the useless idiots who think, for example, the “war on tewwor” is designed to “pwotect us” haven’t seen them yet, and from all current signs, they won’t, ever, till those very laws that they cheered and clapped swing into action.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:17:41 +0000

This is the way the laws are headed in the U.S and the U.N.
Lock everything down – control, control…

By: Reid

Reid — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:58:23 +0000

And Im sure someone somewhere will tell us that this law will be enforced…how.

Rendition, followed up with intensive waterboarding.

That’s my guess.

P.S. Isn’t it interesting “rendition” is in the WordPress spellcheck dictionary when so many other words aren’t.

By: hmmokrightitis

hmmokrightitis — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:50:55 +0000

And Im sure someone somewhere will tell us that this law will be enforced…how. And the telco’s / service providers will know a device has been jail broken…how.

Stupidity.

By: Johnboy

Johnboy — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:43:47 +0000

I wouldn’t know how to unlock a smart phone.

I suspect my phone is smarter than me!

By: Griff

Griff — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:51:16 +0000

I would say its more a function of crony capitalism. V2
protecting the profits by taking the consumers right to do as he pleases with his purchases.

By: Viking2

Viking2 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:13:19 +0000

Lefties are the same everywhere. They just have to find a way to interfere in sthings that are really none of their business and where the persons with the problem should be told to piss off and work it out for themselves in a proper commercial manner.

We have that problem here.

By: Reid

Reid — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:27:35 +0000

the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

…bought to you by Hollyweird, music and media companies and the US politicians who want the generous campaign contributions those parties make so very much they’re prepared to sell out the people they are supposed to represent.

And that’s it. Notice there has been no popular uprising demanding this law.

And as barry astutely points out, soon also to apply to us courtesy of the TPP. Except our equation is going to be, is Key and the rest of the Nats going to be prepared to sell out the NZ electorate so he can make the TPP the crowning glory of his Administration?

I never take drugs now

Perhaps the ones you used to take haven’t worn off yet pq.

By: barry

barry — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:37:36 +0000

PQ – youll be asking for donations soon……………

where you live? Nigeria……..

By: pq

pq — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:33:16 +0000

Mr RBM off subject, no its not, its on subject
I never take drugs now, I used to, but those days are gone I lost my wallet, I rang up the ASB for money,
I could not even buy food, although I still had good house, and most beautiful wife,I bet there are few men that come to this column who fear the empty bank account and face that utter humiliation Mr RBM.
. It was disgusting RBM utterly disgusting

By: RRM

RRM — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:01:19 +0000

Smoke another cone pq, you’re making far too much sense…

By: pq

pq — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:53:37 +0000

Farrar about control of personal, I rang the ASB bank, 0800803804, I said I need some money desperate, my name Paul. They said what is your number I said 12-3149 -98877690.She said give me code special bank number I said I do not know what the code number is. I can not remember, I have lost the records. She said Auckland, not that’s where I am I am in Mumbay, where’s that India, you want to talk to controller.Reader dear reader you have to realise how desperate the situation was. I had lost my wallet.The controller came on. He said what your number I said I can not remember can you do a voice search. He said this is India, do you think I am going to release your Family Trust just so that Bangkok Wan can go down to buy yellow dress.

By: barry

barry — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:48:12 +0000

Trans Pacific Partnership…………………..