TRICKNOWLEDGY ep17 Is It Time to Boycott Apple?

Candid, uncensored discussion about IT and politics leads us to documentary about factory that makes the iPhone. "iProtest" by Debby Chan shares the dangerous working conditions at Foxconn factory. Do consumers bare any responsible for these workers welfare?

Here's the short film, 24mins, "iProtest": http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/activate/2011/09/201194144739197637.html

Your hosts: Johnathan Soul and Cool Disposition

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1. Major anti-virus software companies are buying up small mobile security software companies.

2. ACLU fighting good fight against warrently wiretapping.
3. Obama Admin construction secret military drones bases in the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula.

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iProtest documentary "iProtest" discussion:
Main points from docu: A. High rate of suicides among Foxconn factory workers related to stress. B. Dorms on Foxconn campus has 20+ employees in three bedroom apt. C. Unsafe working conditions, example: workers in polishing unit cover in aluminum dust causng health problems.  D. Worker discent is crushed by managment. E. Company and state official supress media exposure of problems.  F. Apple didn't respond to activists.

Discussion questions:
1. Should we as consumers consider ourselves oppressors, part of the problem?
2. Does it matter, soon everybody will have smart phone, what can we do?
3. Should we boycott smartphone companies? Until workers conditions improve?
4. Should Americans boycott Apple, should Canadains boycott RIM until they move all their factories back US & Canada? Don't we need the jobs?