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<blockquote data-quote="Jd Smith1" data-source="post: 8482158" data-attributes="member: 6998052">Its not terms, its economics, which corps most definitely control. Let's use the cellphone example: right now your phone is tracked, listened in upon, have either the camera or the mike activated by the manufacturer, or your provider, or both, depending upon brand. Ditto for game platforms and smart TVs. Increasingly common for smart appliances. Later model cars as well.So, why would the future, less-regulated corps produce gear that was stand-alone, no back doors, no service contract needs, nothing? I do not believe that the ripperdoc concept could contain enough infrastructure to be able to build high-end, cutting edge technology, much less in quantities sufficient to gear up so many street samurai.&nbsp; Sure, some hackers assemble their own computers, but a lot don't; very few write their own code, but rather buy programs off the lower Web.It just doesn't track, especially in the light of current trends. As time passes and the corps are freed from civil and criminal penalties, the worst aspects of today will be magnified. So even if a ripperdoc somehow had the time and resources to build gear from parts in bulk, why would a corp not send a few large types around with a 'cease and desist order' in the form of multiple broken bones?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jd Smith1, post: 8482158, member: 6998052"] Its not terms, its economics, which corps most definitely control. Let's use the cellphone example: right now your phone is tracked, listened in upon, have either the camera or the mike activated by the manufacturer, or your provider, or both, depending upon brand. Ditto for game platforms and smart TVs. Increasingly common for smart appliances. Later model cars as well. So, why would the future, less-regulated corps produce gear that was stand-alone, no back doors, no service contract needs, nothing? I do not believe that the ripperdoc concept could contain enough infrastructure to be able to build high-end, cutting edge technology, much less in quantities sufficient to gear up so many street samurai. Sure, some hackers assemble their own computers, but a lot don't; very few write their own code, but rather buy programs off the lower Web. It just doesn't track, especially in the light of current trends. As time passes and the corps are freed from civil and criminal penalties, the worst aspects of today will be magnified. So even if a ripperdoc somehow had the time and resources to build gear from parts in bulk, why would a corp not send a few large types around with a 'cease and desist order' in the form of multiple broken bones? [/QUOTE]

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