When does observation become spying?

She has not actually been sentenced yet (based on the article linked) - just convicted.

The purpose of the registration regime appears to be to criminalize anonymity. This is essential for the effective enforcement of this law which criminalizes saying hurtful things about public officials.

What do you mean by "controlled?" This sounds like an anecdotal correlation at best, which does not prove the existence of an effective police state.

I'm not so sure. They clearly state that they receive messages in the "information we receive about you" section, and then clearly state that they use the information that they receive to "measure or understand the effectiveness of ads you and others see, including to deliver relevant ads to you"

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fabout%2Fprivacy%2Fyour-info

Have to be careful of those "or" situations.

and on mac it uses the keychain to store things...? I'm starting to see why this may actually be a non-issue

Answering my own question - this is a non-issue (it seems). Chrome apparently uses an API (at least on windows) to use account info to encrypt the passwords which presumably is only available if the user has actually logged in.

Locked, unlocked, what's the difference? If you're not using whole disk encryption, what good is locking going to do if someone steals your computer? Removing user account passwords from systems tends to be rather trivial...

Fair enough. I would buy the argument that it will be 'soon.'

Sure but this is supposed to be targeted at power users (the whole F1 metaphor). How do the specs of the Edge compare to your current or even last primary workstation?

It seems to me like the real purpose of a device like the edge is to replace your desktop hardware. Is that really possible yet?

Aside from the question of how and when to update the 'time and motion' study data, does this setup the right incentives for the industry? It essentially says 'we will set the benchmark for adequate, and then you try to do whatever you can to beat it economically.' If the revenue at the margin is fixed, the way to drive profit is to decrease costs as much as possible. Of course, the benefits are not passed on to the consumer if the price fixer is asleep at the switch...

Or does this story dismiss its own relevance at the end?

What about a provision that says you are only allowed to run this software on hardware that I have sold you? Or a provision that says you can watch this media any time within the next 24 hours?