Poorly written. I think he was trying for mockery of the Palm and iPhone privacy concerns, but simply wrote something that sounded like clueless paranoia, with

Poorly written. I think he was trying for mockery of the Palm and iPhone privacy concerns, but simply wrote something that sounded like clueless paranoia, with a last-minute "Oh, wait..." revelation at the end. Irony - if you don't know what you're doing, leave it for the pros.