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"Russia just imprisons people for singing partly-naked protest songs and censors the hell out of the web." I am not nearly Russian but how can you attack russia so much on this when in the USA the same...
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"I am not nearly Russian but how can you attack russia so much on this when in the USA the same things are starting to happen?" Attacking Russia doesn't mean defending the USA.
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Depends on who's saying it really. If it was the US government pointing such things out and objecting, then yeah, that would be just a titch hypocritical and a case of 'pot calling the kettle black',...
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True that! USA becoming more Totalitarian. Russia is much better at it than the USA, and has more years of practice, and those USA still amateurs. Give USA more time, then they will compete at a...
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If only Ru Paul came up with the RuPad first. Every hacking attempt should be interrupted by "I don't think so, girlfriend!" Also, why block Google when you can make it FAB-YOU-LOUS~~~?
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" how can you attack russia" Constructive criticism is not an attack. Now pull the panties outta yer crack.
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"but does not contain the covert functions of sending private user data to Google headquarters," So, no javascript then ... but isn't that part of the browser rather than the OS?
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But when you control the App Market (and block Play Market, and probably Amazon Market) you can control which browsers are allowed too... and very well could block not only languages like Javascript /...
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Isn't claiming something is hackerproof pretty much the best way to insure it becomes the most hacked product in history?
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"Hack-proof proprietary OS" is the funniest thing I've heard all day. I wonder if they're going to lock down the firmware? If they don't, people will just install CyanogenMod or something.
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To be honest most of the Russian first look like they could have been made in America/China I don't think there is any reason to be demeaning to Russia, I for one would like to see the tablet they...
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Cannot edit but I meant in the first sentence that many of the Russian products shown were similar to what America and China first created, nothing wrong with that, I remember seeing my first mobile...
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Your comment to my comment about your comment is bad, you should feel doubly as bad. Or triply given the subtle hint about the pointlessness of stating a blanked conclusion with out explaining the...
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Oh, come on! The more countries make their own gadgets, the less people will complain about the US products sucking in case some big well-known company screws something up...
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"I hear Links is a pretty safe browser" Lynx ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29
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I do not think you rushed it, you're totally right. I was cringing all the way reading this article and its cold war propaganda, has the author just woken up from a cryogenic sleep? Did he miss which...
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No, but it is a call to arms for the company claiming it against the hackers. "Come try hacking into this! WE think it's unhackable!"
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OK, maybe not for that price. But if I'm in the USA, which is going to affect me more: the Russian gov't spying on me (a place I have no ill will towards, am not planning to visit, and really don't say...
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(yes, "bunker busters" are nuclear warheads). citation incredibly needed here.
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You must be new here, because all those criticisms of the US have been discussed at Techdirt in great detail over the years. Plus you seem to have misplaced your sense of humor. I too cringed a bit...
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There are nuclear versions, but they are certainly not all nuclear as our friend implies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_busters#Nuclear
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so, how long before Apple wants to take court action against Russia? how long before Apple is told to fuck off by Russia? which do you think will be first to back down/take action?
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As an American I would buy one just because I know that the Russians will build it so the American government gets nothing.
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I know what gets covered on TechDirt and most of the time I find it very well reasoned and argued. But I was not commenting on all of TechDirt, I was commenting specifically on this article, how you...
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I really like Tim, but this shows little understanding of Russia to be honest. Obviously the tablet will fail. Nobody in the government is interested in this: they all prefer their iPads and other...
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I'm using links right now, as per nerdyness. Would I get more nerd points swiching to lynx?
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Based on my extremely limited knowledge of Russia's history, my money's on them being attacked by a foreign group and successfully defending their turf.
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Hey Tim, maybe Masnick's friend Alonya from Russian TV can hook you guys up. It's the least she could do after the way Masnick debased himself in helping the Kremlin make the US look bad.
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I think you're going a little far afield of what the article is actually about. Calm down, have some dip, and reread it. Your perspective isn't being dismissed out of hand, but we aren't talking about...
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"But I was not commenting on all of TechDirt, I was commenting specifically on this article, how you came to miss that?" You're not really making much sense. You launched into a rant that basically...
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