Government and the masses don't get technology

[Grieve]

I feel bad for Apple, Google, RIM, and anyone else trying to improve our lives via technology. This is a typical example of companies trying to do a good thing (make it easier for your phone to get service and for GPS to kick in), only for media and government hysteria to completely miss the point.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-defe...et=&ccode=

There have been so many over the top new media stories perpetuating the myth that this stuff is there so these companies can track your every move and sell the information to shady third parties, it's ridiculous. Just look at the comments to this news story. "Fine them!", "they're crooks!", "they're control freaks!". The bigger you get, the more people want to interpret your intentions as bad.

Let's face it, the average American (and apparantly congressman) just doesn't understand this stuff.