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Comments on ‘Sun's JavaFX to hoover-up user data’Spirit of McNealy livesPublished Tuesday 6th May 2008 20:43 GMT
Reality Dephormation Field ?By Jeroen Braamhaar
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 20:51 GMT
"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
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
... 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
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 familiarBy Anonymous Coward
Posted Wednesday 7th May 2008 13:19 GMT
Phorm anyone? Getting my coat now... The period for commenting on this story has finished
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