"While we are in support of creating standards for payment, we are not in support of lockdowns that inhibit both the growth of the market and of society, " said Tara Lemmy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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This is because new electronic technologies deal with the very essence of human society: communication between people.

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An EMP wave a million times stronger than the most powerful radio transmitter would damage or destroy the electrical grid and unshielded electronic devices upon which our society utterly depends.

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The designation supports developing creative industries, broadening access to culture, raising urban living standards and increasing public participation in civil society, through the growth of digital and electronic technologies.

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As with anything glossy, smudges are always an issue and scratch resistance (or lack thereof) can be problematic, but in this case, it's simply a price society has decided to pay in the name of electronic hotness.

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