and you can always add networking whenever you need it

wow... next thing you know, you'll have to stay home if you owe taxes?

Nah, they'll reinstate debtors prison and you won't have to worry about going anywhere ever again.

prison is what I was really thinking ...

Till they take your home.

How many terrorism micromorts did the government help prevent? is it worth giving up your privacy for that?

It is not "worth" the loss of privacy for the sake of preventing the small number of deaths.

Perhaps it has been a worthwhile endeavor from the perspective of the people whose jobs depend on the security apparatus.

Many times, it might be because most people don't like changes when what they have works, and not because the new interfaces are worst.

I have to agree... if it didn't keep moving for so long it would be a big plus, for example.

it's about time Twitter gets out of the dark-web...

too bad Google blocks adhoc WiFi on Android... that might have helped too.

sorry, I am not and I haven't used it yet, but it looks like an interesting project.

For most people nowadays, "the cloud" probably doesn't have anything to do with accessing an FTP server... specifically not a public FTP server unless the cloud hosts are absolutely careless...

I remember using sites like http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no probably 15 years ago to find very interesting files on public FTP servers (but I don't think that this one exists anymore)

These still work, and have been around for a long time as well:

http://www.filesearching.com/

http://www.mmnt.ru/int/

(I don't know whether it's coincidence that they're both of Russian origin.)

but Waze also asks you to report road conditions while driving even if you are the driver...