I agree, UK Bob.

Obviously, Play is more concerned about their reputation than they are about customers' privacy. It's like the auto manufacturers, who calculated how much money is saved by paying off so many wrongful death claims instead of issuing a recall of their faulty product.

The good news is that the internet is demonstrating that the pen (or "e-pen") remains mightier than the sword. And the whole world is watching.

It is said that the best rulers keep their subjects' stomachs full and minds empty. Now that governments are having trouble on both fronts, the times, they are a-changin'.