Verizon Case Illustrates Why We Need a Linux Phone

Posted by brideoflinux on Mar 19, 2016 2:12 PM EDT
FOSS Force; By Christine Hall
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On March 7, the FCC slapped a $1.35 million fine on Verizon in a privacy case, a move that’s being hailed as a victory by some privacy advocates. If so, it would seem to me to be a hollow victory. For starters, the fine is too low to be much of a deterrent against a company which last year had income of over $63 billion. But there is much more wrong with the agreement the carrier reached with the FCC than merely the price tag.

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Kinda what I got. notbob 4 1,566 Mar 23, 2016 2:00 AM

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