I want to remind those Google employees that they are able to work at Google and enjoy very high living standard and obviously freedom of speech just because they are protected by the US army.
I suggest to scan your computer for viruses, spyware, rootkits ... Today I checked my wallets and they are intact. I also run small mining pool and guess what ... no coins are missing.
The biggest problem is that all major hardware manufacturers must create common standard and redesign their hardware components. The combined effort would cost billions of dollars and the result will be uncertain. No one would take the risk.
I was wandering the same and came to conclusion that these security measures are not for our safety but the safety of our ruling elite. How often can you see a prime minister in a subway? But they often take commercial flights. And they never face such humiliating checks as we do.
P.S Is there anybody who can explain me why 5x100ml bottles are safer than one 0.5l?
I don't think that Manning deserves to go to jail.This sentence must be for the ones that allowed one ordinary soldier to access thausands ot highly classified documents.
Maybe they don't want to invest their own money in a very competitive market. If they order smaller number of devices their BOM can easily reach the sale price, so $32 millions sound huge sum, but in fact are not.
OK. There are several reasons. NFC is more convenient for the user, you don't have to plug and unplug it. Also increases reliability and usage scenarios for example as a payment device or door access, allows easy interactions between two devices.