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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con... by itg on Thursday July 07, 2011 @06:26PM (#2740548)
Installing spyware on the computers at the apple store. This is a very one-sided and dishonest blogpost since they leave out a lot of information.

http://mashable.com/2011/07/07/secret-service-apple-store-ar...

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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con... by JackStraw on Thursday July 07, 2011 @06:35PM (#2740566)
Ha! “McDonald set up roughly 100 Apple store computers to call his servers every minute.” Better get a real good attorney buddy, get your affairs in order, and give your cat to your mom, cause boy you are in a lot of trouble.
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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con... by ams6110 on Thursday July 07, 2011 @07:29PM (#2740709)
On the plus side, he could probably get a job with that school system in Pennsylvania. He seems qualified.
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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con... by chopsueyar on Thursday July 07, 2011 @09:09PM (#2740923)
rimshot
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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con... by omouse on Thursday July 07, 2011 @09:33PM (#2740981)
Why doesn't apple secure their equipment? What about the millions of cameras in every store and building and ATM? Why are people worried about a few laptop cameras "spying" on them when they're spied upon as soon as they walk out of the house?

Cameras, cameras everywhere, and not a shred of privacy left.

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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con... by brown9-2 on Thursday July 07, 2011 @11:16PM (#2741172)
Why doesn't apple secure their equipment?

Because the benefit of letting people do whatever they feel like on the display units in the store - while a good number of them are shopping for said equipment - is worth more than the cost of automatically wiping the machines each night.

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