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don't ruin recordings with your police siren will you quit the internet if net neutrality dies how secure could your SmartWatch really be why do you need a separate facebook Messenger app on Windows Phone lots of questions for readers of pocket now's editorial pages this week let's review them in five minutes or less I'm Michael Fisher and this is pocket now ground up the internet is under fire from those who would compromise your connection speed in the name of big business and compromise your privacy in the name of security so goes the narrative of the rightfully concerned with Taylor Martin asking whether you'll still carry a smartphone if your carrier breaks with net neutrality principles I provided my answer to our poll question go provide yours and while you're over there check out Joe Levi's companion article on how carriers are already punishing content providers based on the type of data they provide then learn about the privacy side of our brave new world find out if the super secure black phone is really the answer to evading government surveillance and Joe Levi's in-depth exploration of everything from custom app permissions to file encryption within the silent circle smartphone and make sure also to catch Joe's editorial on the relative security of our favorite new gadget category smartwatches when they work as designed all our notifications passed through them so how secure are they it's a question worth asking and one Joe does his best to answer all this talk of privacy puts me in mind of an old smartphone maker that built much of its reputation on secure communications that's right blackberry is still fighting the good fight and at mwc it announced that in addition to pursuing both high and low end new hardware it would release a classic device in the queue 20 including not just a physical keyboard but also bringing back the so-called tool belt of a trackpad with function keys I wrote a piece on just why I think this is a waste of time and resources even if I myself might be to buy one while we're on the subject of underdogs the world's third place mobile platform might have been a no-show at mwc but it's been big in our editorials this week a bevy of dual boot rumors have Taylor Martin wondering about the possibilities for windows phone software on Android hardware a concept he explores with his usual thoroughness in a nice piece called the beauty of choice meanwhile our Microsoft expert Adam Lane weighs in on why exactly Windows Phone needs the facebook Messenger app it got this week while I tell the story of my time with Nokia's Lumia icon the smartphone Taylor called the best Windows Phone ever a contention I address head-on in my review rebuttal and spoiler alert Taylor and I don't always disagree and speaking of spoilers the king of smartphone news leaks Evan blass of efflux sat down with us yesterday on the pocket now weekly for the most in-depth interview we've ever given on the podcast what would you say to the people who think that what you do is illegal I would thought I wanted to the question well that's that's valid like that no it makes sense I I understand what about well what about immoral of course we also cover the news of the week in that pod cast including all new HTC One leaks rumors on LG's g3 and the Nexus 6 and hints of a google glass competitor from Samsung but it's friday and you want to cap off your week with a comfy editorial not the news so Adam doubt has just the thing for you a nice almost sweet piece about the trials and tribulations of adopting a mobile-only lifestyle when you're a family man from an HTC made Moto X to the true definition of waterproof there's a lot more in the editorial pages of the site but we are out of time down in the description below you will find links to all the stories mentioned on this show and there's also a like button down there please click it if you enjoyed this roundup and stay tuned next week for another throwback review I think you're really going to like this one as well as some conventional reviews both on tablets plus all the usual news video editorials and features you've come to expect from pocket now until next time this has been michael fisher with the pocket now roundup wishing you an excellent weekend no matter what mobile device is filling your pocket