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"Mother should I trust the government" 
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
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I don't even trust my mother (completly) ... I would give her a 4
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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:shrug:
Regarding trust, what's so special about the government?
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government doesn't make money and has no investors. it takes money, but that is another story.
if a private business mismanages your data it could be the end of the end of that business in a matter of months.
if government fails with data protection, it gets added to the long list of failues and we shrug and wish for something better.
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PCoffey wrote: if a private business mismanages your data it could be the end of the end of that business in a matter of months.
Why does Christian still pay Telstra?
That might have been a problem for the business once upon a time (capitalist utopia, if you ask the totally biased me).
Nowadays, if some quick money is to be made from "mismanaging" your data, you create a spinoff, change brand name, move the data in a merger, or one of many other ways. End of that business is not an issue anymore.
Companies, as much as the Government, will push the envelope as far as they can. "Voting with your wallet" is feasible in a pool of many virtually identical offers, but that's instable situation in a globalized economy.
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peterchen wrote: Why does Christian still pay Telstra?
Government backed monopoly?
He seems smart enough, so I can't think of any other reason.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
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We had a similar situation here about 10 years ago. We now have some decent competition[^], which hasn't much affected the quality of customer service, however. As with Telekom, "it's good while it works".
Generally, technical quality seems to be good compared to UK/US. The monopoly did help a lot in the infancy of the technology, though: when something was not working you had to deal with one (albeit sluggish) company, instead of three companies pointing fingers at each other. Also, the huge price drop means there's not much money to be made from investing into infrastructure - resulting in some rural areas being largely left out.
Competition certainly helped consumer adoption and drove down prices, but it doesn't automatically solve all problems.
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Given how the bureaucracy works, theft is not the only way the government may "loose" your data. Here in Ohio an intern took a laptop home and left it in the car.
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Government got a avg 2.15. So wonder, I think it should be under zero.
Maybe some Non-English people (like me) don't know the meaning of this word.
I am seeking...
For what?
Why did you ask me for what? I don't know!
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For me Microsoft and the government got a 1.
John
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Those are mutually exclusive terms, kinda like "military intelligence".
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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