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Published Tuesday 6th May 2008 20:43 GMT

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Reality Dephormation Field ? 

By Jeroen Braamhaar
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 20:51 GMT
Black Helicopters

"Eager to head of concerns about invasion of privacy associated with Insight and Hydrazine, Green and chief executive Jonathan Schwartz said data would be aggregated and anonymized. Also, they said, Sun would not own data."

Did he just emerge from a nuclear fallout shelter after several years of hunkering down or did he spend too much time in Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field ?

No further questions,your honor ...

Another Phorm of data harvesting? 

By Mike Green
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 21:20 GMT
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Will companies stop trying to spy on us? Even the 'legitimate' ones seem to think it's a good idea...

Hydrazine.... 

By brian
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 23:49 GMT
Stop

... is highly toxic. It kills just about everything it comes into contact with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrazine#Safety

I honestly thought this was a joke. 

By Unknown_Noel
Posted Wednesday 7th May 2008 11:37 GMT
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I honestly thought this was a joke, perhaps an April Fool's posted by a severely calendar-challenged staffer.

Why would Sun, still repairing the damage to their reputation caused by hopping into bed with SCO a few years back, propose something this appalling?

I can still hardly believe it's genuine. Are you _sure_ this isn't a hoax?

does this sound familiar 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 7th May 2008 13:19 GMT
Pirate

Phorm anyone?

Getting my coat now...

Shurely "$un"? - Ed 

By Mark Rendle
Posted Wednesday 7th May 2008 13:48 GMT
Coat

It's far too warm for a coat, though.

Too many MBAs? 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 7th May 2008 18:43 GMT
Flame

This is a really bad idea. Once they build the 'feature' in the hackers (and NSA) will exploit it.

Sounds like Sun is bending over for Wall Street.

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