Probably they are well covered by their terms of service. I guess someone would have to sue them to get their other charges covered as well. On the other hand, the amounts may be so small that it may not be worth the effort. Hopefully they will do the right thing and just pay whoever can justify additional charges.

Just one more reason not use buy Samsung phones at all. The main one being they are full of lots of bloatware and crapware you can simply not remove, yet they make your phone run slow. Switching to Google Pixel's line was the best thing I could do. Not as "flashy", but they are solid performers even as time passes.

I can totally agree with that. And I think their ToS prohibits creating multiple accounts. But even if the company used that practice, I doubt you would need your employees to create a phony account. I guess there are bots that are better than that.

From what I can understand from the article, this is about personal accounts, not about business-related or something like that. What terms of service did they violate? As far as I can tell by reading all the linked articles, is that they didn't violate any terms. But, remember, Facebook may close your account without notice for any reason without any explanation. While they may have legal grounds for that action, legal doesn't mean correct.

My university usually bans all "electronic devices" for exams. Of course they won't let you have your phone, tablet, etc. But watches seemed to be ignored by all teachers. Probably because most students don't wear any kind of watch.

Until one day, a teacher wants me to surrender my watch, citing the "no electronic devices rules". I refuse, noting that my watch is not electronic, by mechanic. Even further, it's a skeletonized watch with a see-through case back, so you can literally see through the watch and all the pieces inside (of course nothing electronic,. but mechanic). She refused. The thing escalated until she called the records department head. The guy came, asked what the problem was, asked for my point of view, asked to see my watch and finally cleared me out of any problem. My watch obviously wasn't an "electronic device" by any means. The teacher was outraged, but complied anyway.

So, if they can't even tell a mechanical watch from an electronic device, I can see the argument about mistaking a normal watch from a smartwatch. A stupid argument, but as stupid as the teachers can be.

Unhackable, unsinkable, etc. It seems like we never learn our lesson...

I would advocate for an issue tracker accesible to customers, but inaccesible otherwise. I think thats the way to get the best of both worlds.

+1

WPA2+802.1x using EAP-SSL.

Slashdot does it again....

Obviously you haven't heard of 4in6, though a Dual stack approach (using 10/8) would be more convenient.

If you are using quantum teleportation, why you even need a satellite???

Actually, you have to be pretty stupid to back this proposal for *at least* the following reasons:

1. Bandwidth caps: I may be charged overage fees for traffic which I didn't made
2. Legal liability: I may get sued for a infringement which I didn't made, but was made by an unknown 3rd party which I cannot identify.
3. Contract terms: AFAIK most (home) contracts forbid you to provide services to 3rd parties.
4. Service quality: I may get degraded service because of unknown 3rd parties browsing for free.

All in all, not free. Isn't it?

then they shouldn't have released the console with the "other os" option in the first place.

I have to agree with you. Here all couriers (DHL, UPS, Fedex to name a few) have what I call the "extorsion fees".

When importing a package, even if no taxes are due they charge you around $30-50 just to deliver it (remember you paid shipping before), else they will auction it.

Once I had a package with DHL which had a value of $29 (honestly!), no taxes where due (no taxes for less than $100 FOB), yet they wanted to charge me $40 for "Operating expenses". After I complained they discovered they made a "mistake" and delivered it. Even then, they failed to deliver it at the scheduled time (never got a call from them, had to wait at my house for nothing!!), but got the package the next day without any warning or even apologies.

Fedex is a bit better. Their "operating expenses" charge is higher (usually $55), but at least they live to their word on their delivery date/time. What I don't understand is that their web page advertises their services as "customs-cleared", yet they charge customs-related fees during the import process (not counting taxes, which are obviously another thing).

I haven't really have much trouble with UPS, they where a bit cheaper and delivered well.

All of them also ask too much customs-related questions (unlike my local postal office, which make things really easy), even stupid ones.

Honestly, I prefer receiving mail via my local post office (Serpost), which means that I ask my suppliers to send via USPS (in the US), Royal Mail (in the UK), etc. All of them have better rates and really good service. I usually get packages faster (and cheaper) by Express Mail than by a courier's express service (Fedex International Priority, etc). My mailman also knows me, at what time he can find me, and where he can leave packages if I'm not there. He even calls me when I have a package!

That's why I never use couriers, they suck a lot.