Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable.

If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you.

The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful.

If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product.

Digital books and other texts are increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers and libraries.

Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems.

Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable.