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Do you like this?

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It's the end my friend :(

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Ridiculous news aside, the poll is kinda contradictive. Ugh, bump.

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Yeah, and i can't even change it :/

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Nah it's okay :p
Well Nokia must have known something when they decided to relaunch that phone I don't even remember the name of

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That's why potato is always the best option-
It saves having to deal with the wording of the poll

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If I say no, then I don't care for my privacy.
If I say yes, I like this.
If I say potato, I'll be one of those boring, unfunny memesters... THERE'S NO WINNING HERE! :(

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Fixed !

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If you are innocent you should have nothing to hide.

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I HOPE that's a joke.

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He should shout "MAGA!" to make it more obvious for us. ;)

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Check username. He's CIA.

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This has nothing to do with hiding your crimes, this is about your right to have privacy. You don't need to have anything to hide in order for your privacy to be preserved.

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Depending on the crime you may not need to hide it at all.
Torrenting for instance: Depending on who you get a letter from (if at all), it can be considered Illegal Wiretapping which is a far worse crime.
18 U.S. Code Chapter 119 - WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

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Funny that this thread popped up right as I am in the middle of reading George Orwell's 1984.

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I'd like to have a look at your genitals.
If you're innocent, then this shouldn't be an issue. Nothing to hide.

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Sending pic, enjoy.

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You can't, it's a matter of national security.

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But it will help you take back your city.

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You're saying you'd rather let terrorists get away than let your email provider automatically deal with ads for you?

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lolllll terrorist, hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

well lose our rights little by little because of "terrorist" until were all chipped with IDs with locators because you know, gotta find dem thur terrorist.

remember not to bring shoes to your next flight, the terrorist like to hide bombs in them, sandles is the true american way, cant let them terrorist get away

edit: lets just build a wall, a bigggggggggggg giant ass wall all around america, a wall so big it will make the one in badlands look embarassing. that will show the terrorist

edit 2: looks like i just dragged you into investigation, forgot for a moment everything is monitored to catch them terrorist. (pssst, this guy might be a terrorist!! he want to take away our rights and privacy!!! ahhhhhh!!!)

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Well, that's cute and all, but do you actually believe that it's about terrorism?
This exists only for profit. They want to sell YOU. You, as a consumer. Things like your interests, sexual preferences, fetishes, religion, looks, phobias, name, address, family, work, relationships and so on.

For some reason the NSA has still a pretty bad track record, plus the TSA has an abysmal history.
In 2015 those idiots managed to only get 5% of the "terrorists" that were sent through to test the system. Not to mention the recent controversy where a kid was patted down for an unreasonable amount of time. Watch the whole thing, without skipping and then say that it was necessary and normal..

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It's called feigning incompetence so the bad guys don't know how good you are.

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Yeah, somehow I don't think that's the case...
It's not like the terrorists will say: "Oh? The percentage is only 5%? Now I'll use the airport!"
The main thing that you'll affect is public opinion of you. People already disliked the TSA. Now they hate it.
Plus, people who thought they were annoying still expected them to be effective to some point.
Now they've caused worry and panic.
Like, I get your idea. It's great to just guess these crazy theories, but I think we both know that that's just a bit too far over the line to even take seriously.
Otherwise you could just say that France allowed the Paris attacks to coax more terrorists to come in, so they could arrest more of them at once.

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You're patently wrong, this is so that big business can profit off of people's information in ways they could not before because we had protection under the law. This is something TrumpCo wanted from the beginning and why their pet FCC’s new Republican chairman, Ajit Pai, made sure it went through.

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If you are truly innocent, those in power will still falsify evidence if you've done something to piss them off.
Lifting prints and planting them on another object is ridiculously easy. Redirecting internet traffic is also easy. Bypassing firewalls and planting files as well can be done.

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For now, probably EU will follow soon too.

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Doubt it. The EU seems to be fighting against that kind of stuff. At least they've been fighting for better ads, better products and refunds.

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I hope so, but remember, money buys everything, even laws :/

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Well of course it does. It's just that in most cases the price is too high to pay.

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Sorry, but that is an unfunded worry. This isn't the first time that laws took a wrong turn in the USA and it has never influenced how we shape our laws here in Europe.

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Yeah, you guys will probably be fine for the most part, since you actually have good consumer protection laws in place, for the most part.I cannot believe how much better friends in the UK have it, for instance. I am glad for them, though.

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Until Brexit turns us into a glorified Singapore. Wouldn't be too jealous just yet :)

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:( I know, sorry, you have my condolences on the stupidity of many of your fellow countrymen.The politicians too, naturally.

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In the US maybe, we still have some credible people here.

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That would cost a lot more here. You cannot just pay off some senators and be done with it. You need to convince at least the entire German government, then most of the other countries. Not even the combined funds of Apple, Google, and MicroSoft were enough for them to bother with it, they rather chose to comply to the much more user-oriented approach here.

Granted, not everything is sugar and rainbows here either. This summer there will be a vote that, if accepted, will end the era of net neutrality here, pushing some high-paying services/sites to a premium lane category.

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Granted, not everything is sugar and rainbows here either. This summer there will be a vote that, if accepted, will end the era of net neutrality here, pushing some high-paying services/sites to a premium lane category.

You might not be up to date about this topic. Afaik some loopholes, based on vague descriptions in what would be allowed for premium services, have been closed. So there'll be prioritized services, but only few selected and it won't result in throttling down other uses.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37225094

Most independent experts are very satisfied, so I don't see why we should not. And even if something should have been overseen and get abused, we see the clear will to avoid that. So it would certainly get fixed asap.

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I read something new on this like three months ago, so not the one accepted last year. that one was hailed as a great win, I remember that. Maybe what I read was just some hoax though, but it was dealing with a two-lane setup where it was possible for providers to sell premium accessibility to companies.
or was it something related to the UK, maybe…?

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No idea, I'm not aware of any new progress. On Berec's site there has been no new content since summer 2016.
http://berec.europa.eu/eng/netneutrality

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This is what I checked and made me a bit confused and unsure… ^^'

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We didn't vote an amoral media monkey to lead the Union.
Yet.

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populism lost in the netherlands, hopefully the other countrys will follow

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Canada is still fine.

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Well, Justin Bieber seems to be spending less and less time there, so the quality of life in general should be pretty good by now again. Unless the population of dire bears have risen.

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Adopt me pls

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Well, you get what you pay vote for.
And if you didn't vote, you could have prevented it

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Well, you get what you pay vote for.
And if you didn't vote, you could have prevented it

We got what Russia paid for, you mean.

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Wait a sec. So far you pretty much were the #1 fanboy of the current Republican cabinet on this forum. This post almost sounds like as if you don't like something they did.
Well, the theory of it at any rate, based on the post below me.

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To be fair you can vote/ support a political party and not agree with 100% of their policies

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Normally, I'd agree.
In today's political climate, especially when it comes to supporters of the populist parties… well, I'm yet to see what you describe. I have seen people cheer decisions that made their very own lives worse, but since it came from the adored political side, it was still a-okay.

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In today's political climate, especially when it comes to supporters of the OPPOSING PARTIES TO MY PARTY IDENTIFICATION… well, I'm yet to see what you describe.

I fixed your comment.

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I'm not the guy who's painting in black and white. That being said, war-Obongo with co-op Hitlerly and previously inside-Bushbongo have greatly contributed towards the development. While the Trumpet miraculously jumped a ship, with its course set a long a time ago. Not to mention there's plenty of reasons to be in either political camp for whatever "promises" one deems better - which doesn't mean you'd agree with every policy given ...

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So you're racist and wrong:The FCA under President Obama put in place laws to protect consumers from these very practices that TrumpCo are undoing. Read up, guy.

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Of course I'd like to engage in a discussion with some nutter who's in on the "RUSSIANS DID IT" part.
Also you don't get to pick and choose whats in the package bub.

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You've repeatedly demonstrated your narrow-minded, bigoted, barbaric worldview throughout your tenure on SG. I didn't intend to debate you so much as prove you wrong. I'm done here.

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Strong on the buzzwords eh? But its your opinion and you can shove it up any
bum's that are open to it. If anything, i got to know that SG isn't full of vapid idiots ...

/see ya

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This! This is exactly what I wanted to type, haha.

I also love that they claim to be from Austria. If they are, fine, if not...I feel like there's a disgusting reason for wanting to be from there, for this person at least.

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UPDATE: We have received additional information from Verizon and based on that information we are withdrawing this post while we investigate further. Here is the statement from Kelly Crummey, Director of Corporate Communications of Verizon: "As we said earlier this week, we are testing AppFlash to make app discovery better for consumers. The test is on a single phone – LG K20 V – and you have to opt-in to use the app. Or, you can easily disable the app. Nobody is required to use it. Verizon is committed to your privacy. Visit www.verizon.com/about/privacy to view our Privacy Policy."

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1984 WAS NOT AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL GOD DAMN IT

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the land of freedom

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They just check on people if they still have freedom :(

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lol

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The USA has been the land of hypocrisy and corruption since its founding, sweetheart:) I say that as an American, just so people don't reply telling me to fuck off back to Europe or whatever, lolz.

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one could make an argument that if you have any European heritage in your lineage then you could still be told to 'fuck off back to Europe or whatever'

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"fuck off back to Babylon"

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My little timeline:

Started in 1912 or so, when the Federal Reserve was created. Constitutional rights were voided with the signing of this, and without anybody's approval. This shady group would begin to gain total world control, and it has for the most part succeeded today, virtually in the shadows.
Step 1 complete.

Fast-forward to 1929 - Scare tactics were used during the stock market crash (which was set up by the big boys all pulling funds out at the same time to kill it, then offering safe protection in their banks, thus channeling practically all monies into their own banks).
Next, once fully established, money was loaned at interest. Every bit of coin was loaned at interest, thus creating extra money out of absolutely nothing. This was the beginning of the end for the dollar, and those with the power gained everything... Step 2 complete.

New bills and laws are making more and more laws and censorship in favor of corporations, ever since the 70's and 80's, starting with perfecting the psych ops and the press being a tool to make puppets out of many, creating an easily manipulated public... CEO's started to get into cabinet spots, thus gaining a "direct catbird seat into what goes on at the top" (Regan and Merrill Lynch as an example). The corruption started to spread even further, with easier loopholes and less opposition. Fear tactics were used with a lot of things I won't get into that has scientific evidence to back it up, contrary to many American's popular belief on events [War on (pick your poison)] to win on both fronts, the pretend "good" and pretend "bad", paying off both sides to make money on both fronts. Step 3 complete.

Once enough people are crippled by the bioweapons that are/have been planted in various forms, mainly vaccines, chem trails, foods, pharmaceuticals, etc, and cannot fight back, die, etc., Step 4 will be in motion. Ensuing Police State begins at breaking point, and everyone with nothing left will have no more freedom at all. Beginning of the end for many. The rich must survive at this breaking point, since there will be too little resources with too many people. Many will be eradicated, and those top few that already own 90+% of everything in the world of real value will try to survive with what is left for themselves.

The negative numbers skyrocket, thus giving those above the numbers more and more power. Debt has created a slavery system that none of the average people can escape, simply being beasts of burden - meanwhile the Federal Reserve system continues to profit off money created from thin air, and since it cannot be sustained and paid off, they just take resources in exchange, almost like a foreclosure system, but on a massive scale, everything being fair game.

We are already slaves of the machine, and it's probably too late, but I have hope that Earth will rebel, and completely end the human race, or the human race will continue its own path toward its self-imposed destruction... Every empire falls eventually.

I'm quite the cynic, eh?

Blacklisting... BEGIN!

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I don't really disagree with anything here, so I guess I'll be added to more blacklists too. Not that I really give two buckets of orc-dung, since most of those people only give away shite:)

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Yeah, just my idea... who knows what the truth is, or the motivation, or if any of it really means anything. I do wonder about this "Federal Reserve" system... who owns it, and what the hell is going on with the interest that is being created and devaluing everyone else's own crap they use as currency to trade for other crap....

Orc-dung is right! Yeah, I just hope the winners of my own are not blacklisting me... I would cry. I guess most of mine are not public anyway these days aside from my lyme page here and there... Even then they're invite only, but I guess it still counts as public or something.

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Don't buy phones from carriers anyway. Even if they aren't spying, the bloatware kills it

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so now we know who pushed for it

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My sincere condolences.

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Windows Phone :^)

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Yeah, I'm sure Verizon will be the only company to take advantage of this >__>

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I hope you genuinely don't think that they won't do it too. Every corporation has profit as a bottom line and they will not ignore a means of new revenue.

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u bois jus jelli

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It's just very very disappointing and very very uncomfortable.

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Yep, it is, and another reason I'm happy I don't use a "smart"phone.

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All I can say is... Speak with your wallets.

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Soo... don't buy a phone from Verizon?

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What makes you think other companies won't follow suit?

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Then don't buy these too?

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Easy to say when in your country there are unlocked ones. In USA however, it's a little bit more complicated than that.

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Buying a Factory Unlocked phone (Sony, LG, etc) and then going to an AT&T store or similar will still be cheaper then almost everything else.

If you really don't use a lot of minutes, texts or data, look into Red Pocket Mobile (US Only AFAIK) (primarily used by Military overseas)

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I am not from USA :)

Most of the times they get the phones for pennies on a contract which they would pay for anyway (in most cases at least).

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Wasn't sure if you were or not.

It's just as easy as every other country to get unlocked phones without all the carrier stuff on it.
It's simply that most people think it is cheaper to get the phone from the carrier instead of the manufacturer.

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I don't really know the prices but I think it ends up being the same give or take. You would have to pay for Talks and Data anyway, wouldn't you? :)

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It ends up being cheaper if you buy it directly from the manufacturer. AT&T for instance tries to make a higher profit margin off of devices than the manufacturer does.

You're essentially cutting out the middleman when you buy from the manufacturer instead.
You also aren't getting features cut out of your phone.

I was stupid and bought an LG G3 from AT&T.
AT&T removed the radio, wireless charging, and a few others from my phone.

If I had bought from LG, I'd still have all of that and it would have been cheaper.

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More than that, CANCEL your plan through Verizon if you have one. They lose 35 million accounts they'll hemorrhage apologies!

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EVERY single Verizon customer should cancel their subscriptions and get a plan elsewhere. Hit them where it will destroy them. Crush Verizon and no one else will even follow suit.

How do you think they'd like to lose even 25% of their accounts? They'd be squealing like stuck pigs, and it would be a nice serving of customer dissatisfaction.

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So does that mean that you no longer have to pay into the Universal Service Fund or the Connect America Fund (which is a government subsidy provided to telecoms to build out and maintain their network coverage)? Or is this to just allow telecoms to exponentially increase their profits?

Will there be any potential upsides to allowing these companies the right to sell your data (that is traveling over their networks - 'their' networks having been built by your tax dollars)?

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It's all Trumps fault.

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I can still blame him.

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NWO HERE WE COME! One step closer. Thanks for voting these idiots in, AMERICA! Only yourselves to blame! My hands are clean, since I didn't vote for these pigs.... Oh wait, at least regular phone lines are safe still :D Have fun with your phones...

SUCKERS!

If it went to free internet, or better speeds, free healthcare, more support for the poor, etc... something good, I'd say different. This is all to line pockets of corporate scum.

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I'm American, and I didn't vote any of those bastards in.

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Same... it's pointless anyway. The sooner people realize both parties are controlled by corporations, and that it doesn't matter and is just a money making tool, the better. Unfortunately many people are easily duped, and don't quite see through the smokescreen.

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I hate the fact that I end up arguing in favor of the democrats to my less-educated, less-informed, bigoted relations. I universally despise politicians and our so-called democracy yet I inevitably find myself forced to vote for the ones who I hate less.

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Yeah, I figure that is what they want out of us. Vote for the lesser of two evils so the worst one doesn't get in.

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I have always bought and used unlocked phone anyways, nothing better than control and flexibility over your own electronics. But I'm not in the US, supposedly a lot of people use carrier phones there? Curious about Europe too.

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So, what happens if you sell your phone to some random person after doing some shady shit on it?
Also, does this include iPhones?

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