On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:59:37 -0700, in message
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Denis Heidtmann wrote:

> Certainly bad news but not too surprising.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> How/why did Debian permit black-box code?

I don't know.  I have to wonder the same thing about Fedora.

> Can a smart phone be turned off (other than removing the battery)?

To the best of my knowledge, no.  Several years ago, Motorola
introduced a smartphone that responded to voice commands.
Including, IIRC, something on the order of "phone on".  (This was,
as I recall, before Apple introduced Siri to an unsuspecting
world.)

--Dale

-- 
Daniel: "This tastes like chicken."
Sam: "So what's the matter with it?"
Daniel: "It's macaroni and cheese."

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