Thursday, April 29, 2010

Daily Raps Apple

The text of Stewart's remarks about Apple can be found at the link. Perhaps, the one good thing that will come out of this Big Business fiasco is exposing Apple for the evil entity it actually is.

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Bags on Apple Over Gizmodo Warrant | News | The Mac Observer

"...Mr. Stewart was referring to a search warrant that local law enforcement officials executed about a week ago at the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen in Santa Clara, California. Officials impounded computers, an iPhone, bank records and more as part of what appears to be a criminal investigation into Gizmodo’s purchase of a fourth generation iPhone prototype that an Apple engineer lost in a bar.

Gizmodo and its parent company, Gawker Media, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, claim that the warrant was invalid because California law protects journalists from search warrants.

There has also been concern over Apple’s involvement on the advisory board for the local police task force that investigates computer-related crimes. Participating on the advisory board, just as many other Silicon Valley tech companies do, doesn’t mean a company has the power to use the task force as their own little army to kick in doors and take computers — even a company as big as Apple..."

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