I worked at an ISP in the midwest and we started doing this as early as late 2001/early 2002. Yes, customers were pissed and we lost some because of it. But as a result we saved alot more time and money then having to deal with abuse complaints, FBI subpoenas, saturated networks, etc. It is not the ISP's responsibility to protect the customer but it is their responsibility to protect their network. 'If you don't like you can blow me' should be the attitude of the network administrator.

The ones that get up every hour to step outside for a smoke that is. Now if they can just solve the cancer thing.

to audit your system under the assumption you've been rooted should happen once a year at a minimum anyway, not just when you suspect a rogue employee left on bad terms. I've worked at places that never changed passwords and I found former employee logins enabled from months ago..

Before King Daley brings this to Chicago. Maybe the bloggers can unionize and get sweetheart contracts with the city on the taxpayers dime instead.

The USPTO is one big rubber stamp.

Get over it.

for a crime I didn't freaking commit.

They will never receive another dime from me.

all of those kama sutra apps and fake cell phone tracker apps? seriously?

The american pirate party does not have a complete program for every possible issue. You will have to look at the positions of individual candidates; just as you would if they were democrats or republicans.

I agree this isn't censorship, however I CAN see hypothetical situations not too far from our own reality that should be considered.

If the iPhone was so ubiquitous that there simply wasn't competition, that smartphones were necessary for success and they started pushing out old media, then I think it is fair to argue that it may be censorship. We all know the general consumer is too brain dead to really care about censorship and wouldn't demand a change loudly enough that it would change Apple's behavior. So yeah, I think its good to be on guard to prevent such scenarios, so don't get too angry at the people who shout "censorship!" at every possible instance. Their sensors are just calibrated too sensitively.