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		<title>iPhone And AT&amp;T: It&#8217;s Not Kinda, Sorta The Internet.  It&#8217;s The Just The Internet&#8230; Wiretapped.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No I&#8217;m not getting an iPhone today. Nor will I be getting one tomorrow. Verizon has decided to punish me and every one of their existing customers for Apple&#8217;s innovation by making sure to enforce to their dying breath the 2-year contracts we signed. So, I won&#8217;t be getting an iPhone for about a year. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No I&#8217;m not getting an iPhone today.  Nor will I be getting one tomorrow.  Verizon has decided to punish me and every one of their existing customers for Apple&#8217;s innovation by making sure to enforce to their dying breath the 2-year contracts we signed.  So, I won&#8217;t be getting an iPhone for about a year.  But, I will be bad-mouthing Verizon in the interim.</p>
<p>Constantly.  Whenever the chance comes up.</p>
<p>Now, that being said, I&#8217;m okay missing out on this Apple insanity.  Mainly because, no matter how bad Verizon is (did I mention that they&#8217;re really, really bad?), AT&#038;T, the exclusive wireless carrier for the iPhone, is worse.  They&#8217;ve been <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/04/70619">documented installing equipment</a> in their central offices to allow the NSA to snoop on their customers&#8217; internet connections.  Didn&#8217;t Verizon do this as well?  <a href="http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2855">Probably</a>, but at least they are saying the right things, like how they&#8217;d never allow wiretapping of their customers without a warrant.  AT&#038;T just shrugged their shoulders and said that if you aren&#8217;t doing anything illegal, you have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Uh huh, <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/39312/Response-to-If-youve-done-nothing-wrong-you-have-nothing-to-worry-about">heard that one before</a>.</p>
<p>So, to my friends that are getting their iPhones tonight, please see my <a href="http://www.gumption.com/blog/2007/06/05/being-sneaky/">entry</a> on FireGPG and think twice before sending me any e-mail from your shiny new device without encrypting it first.</p>
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		<title>We Missed The Hip</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 16:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The picture is taken with a cell phone by our friend J (who&#8217;s in the amazing band, The Skullcranes). Jennifer and I missed the show because we both got sick during the day on Monday. By Tuesday we had dropped off the face of the earth (but luckily, not our bed). We&#8217;re back in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='http://www.gumption.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/image005.jpg' title='The Hip'><img src='http://www.gumption.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/image005.jpg' alt='The Hip' width='450' /></a></p>
<p>The picture is taken with a cell phone by our friend J (who&#8217;s in the amazing band, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/skullcranes">The Skullcranes</a>).  Jennifer and I missed the show because we both got sick during the day on Monday.  By Tuesday we had dropped off the face of the earth (but luckily, not our bed).</p>
<p>We&#8217;re back in the land of the living now and hopefully The Hip will be back at least one more time.  Apologies to J and Lisa for the short cancellation notice.  We owe you.</p>
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