iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP

It seems seven days can't pass without the government giving our readers something to rant about… see why one reader thinks we're in "deep sh*t" below. And, according to a certain anonymous poster, here at silicon towers we need to get over the iPhone... we think the other comments tell a different story.

3G iPhone up for grabs online - or is it?
iPhone overload?
"Why are you running so many stories about this device, it doesn't do much (anything?) a decent Nokia doesn't do, and is as yet unproven. Move on!"
Anonymous, Newcastle

Editorial: Anonymous - silicon.com takes your comment onboard wholeheartedly, in response we direct you to the following comments… Move on? Seems others are pretty keen to stay put.

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Online strife
"I tried several times to upgrade online. After running slowly the site stopped responding at all. I managed finally to get as far as selecting the model and tariff that I wanted and providing my credit card details. At that point the site fell over again leaving me unsure whether I have a device or not. I called O2 and was told that all their systems were being upgraded and I'd need to call tomorrow."
Anonymous, London

Empty promises
"I received a text from O2 saying the 3G iPhone was available as I'd pre-ordered but going to the website it says it's out of stock. Via another route you can get to the ordering page but this then leads you back to the "out of stock" message. Both tell customers to come back on 10th July."
Anonymous, London

Crashing out
"I pressed the button yesterday at 8:24AM to order... and the site crashed. I tried three more times during the day on two computers with two different browsers. Eventually I got loads of encrypted garbage on what was supposed to be the page after I entered my card details..."
Dixon Jones, UK

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Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
Deep sh*t
"'The next-generation approach would be to detect anomalous behaviour in real-time' - trust me this is not going to work. Any terrorist who is serious about staying undetected does not use a mobile phone, never uses the same landline twice… If our government seriously believes it can thwart terrorists by this anomaly technique then we are in deeper s**t than I thought."
Roger Huffadine, Worcester

Big Brother?
"Is this just another way to try and justify the government's wish to monitor all email and phone calls for their latest gigantic database project?"
Government created sceptic, East Anglia

Tech abuse
"No wonder they are worried.... in their world they require detailed information about everybody and everything at the click of a button. Technology is misused by our government. Instead of utilising it as a tool to enhance their mission they opt for the 'technological crutch' and substitute hard graft with meaningless statistics to support whatever is the political flavour of the month."
Radical Meldrew, Suburbs

In principle/in practice
"With Data and information leaks from secure and government facilities being highlighted continually, do we really think this data will remain any more secure? In principle, if dealt with properly an amazing feat of potentially life saving analytics… If not, a How To guide for the terrorist states... Scary!"
G, UK

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EU law to end file-sharers time online?
What's what?
"So how are the ISPs going to know what is what? I can see legitimate users being chopped off if they are heavy iPlayer users, or heavily into Linux and other open source software."
Anonymous, UK

Innocent until guilty
"How can they disconnect you because they THINK something is going on… I thought that in the UK you were innocent until proven guilty?"
Richard Davies, North Yorkshire

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Court threats
"'Such a law would force ISPs to warn, then disconnect those customers they think have been sharing copyrighted material online'.

I don't care what an ISP "thinks", if they warn or try to disconnect someone I know then they'd better be able to prove in a court of law that they are in the right.
Karen Challinor, UK

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