Polish MP Returns iPad Citing Lack of Control 148
rysiek writes "Polish MP and spokesperson for one of Polish political parties Dariusz Joski returned his state-issued iPad, citing lack of control (Google-translated). Polish Free and Open Source Software Foundation (of Anti-ACTA fame) offered (free of charge, of course) to help him choose, install and configure Linux on his laptop, including setting-up disk encryption. We are still waiting for an answer from the MP."
Another concern of his appears to have been a lack of security regarding communications with other government officials.
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Local IT control, _not_ Apple. (Score:5, Informative)
Guy lost his gov-issued iPad.
Local IT admin said he can recover all his data and burn on CD, so MP doesn't need to worry it's lost. Data including his _private_ emails that was on iPad.
This is what set him off to return the iPad. Not Apple control.
Original iPad wasn't found he bought a replacement one from private money and returned it. Good guy!
As a form of protest he posted "Admins have access to everything!" on his Facebook before returning device. 300 of government officials (out of 460) use such iPads for work.
Re:not the first story (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.apple.com/ipad/accessories/ [apple.com]
Apple Wireless Keyboard
The incredibly thin Apple Wireless Keyboard uses Bluetooth technology, which makes it compatible with iPad. And you’re free to type wherever you like — with the keyboard in front of your iPad or on your lap.
AirPrint [apple.com]
This took 2 seconds to find. It's amazing how low the bar for 'insightful' and 'nformative' mods is these days. Apparently all you have to do is make ignorant anti-Apple statements.
Re:not the first story (Score:5, Informative)
You... don't know. Here's a list of a couple hundred printers [apple.com] that work with the iPad
The vast vast majority do NOT, unless you do some crazy hacks to set up an AirPrint service on your laptop to make it act like a print server for IOS. There are literally thousands of printers out there, and most are not AirPrint compatible.
Re:I like Apple bashing as much as the next man... (Score:2, Informative)
...but this story to me reads as a "Man does not like thing." fluff piece.
Maybe there's more to it. Let me try: even a politician (who, on average, seem to be utterly clueless on technology) realizes that Apples walled garden is a bad thing.