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		16s on Nov 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Rootkit Of All Evil – CIQ This is why corporations give smart phones away at no cost. People pay for the phone many times over by giving away most all of their data and privacy to the corporation that gave them the phone. Most people just don't realize this.

nickand on Nov 17, 2011 [–]

And here I thought it was the guaranteed monthly payments for 2 years at over 100 dollars a month well after the phone's values is gone.

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