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That backdoor I mentioned? Yep, that's the government.

Forgot to mention the GPS too...

I've been saying this from the start. Normal people just don't need tablets. What can you do on it? Music - Have an ipod or other music device Movie - Have a big tv Movie in bedroom - Have a big tv in bedroom Internet? - have smartphone/netbook/laptop Games? - Xbox/PS3/smartphone.

At the end of the day, when the dust has settled, there's just no use case for tablets.

We often forget that, although it's obvious search engines filter results, the information we see on social sites is also filtered.

Consider users of Reddit. Now most of them would consider themselves very open minded and enlightened, yet their is active discouragement for radical ideas without due consideration as to their merits. It's just easier to downvote and look at Mario cake.

Overall, I think in a way we NEED filters to remove the faff, but be careful to keep a social circle which encourages radical ideas to be bought out into the light of logic and due consideration,

It's more than that. Yes, doubt has increased, but with it has come increased scrutiny of the Bitcoin ecosystem. And with that we are now starting to really dig into the weaknesses of the system.

As it says in the article, anonymity has it's benefits sure, but comes with certain drawbacks that we're now starting to look into. In particular, who do you trust and why?. The future of Bitcoin will be an interesting case study for whatever system inevitably follows.