It's also useful if an attacker can, by any means, get any one of the people already on the network to visit a URL. If an attacker knows that many people are using the same password on their routers, he simply has to setup the exploit once then use any technique he prefers to bring in visitors. (ad networks, gain access to a popular site and modify a page or two, spam the URL all over the place, etc.)

Technically, a Verizon handset will work on Sprint, US Cellular, Cricket, etc. The reason you can't actually do this, with the exception of Cricket and some MVNOs, is that the major carriers refuse to allow devices with serial #s that aren't already in their system to be activated with their service. However, the reason you can't use a Verizon, Sprint, or USCC handset on AT&T or T-Mobile's networks isn't just because they operate on different frequencies, but because they use different, incompatible, communication standards.

I don't agree that the government should force everyone to use a single standard for cellular radio communications. However, I would like to at least be able to use devices I already own on services they are already compatible with. I don't expect the carrier to provide any support for my devices, but they shouldn't be blocking their use for arbitrary reasons either..

Even when your religion influences you to do things which have negative consequences for other people?

According to TFA, cell phone screens are still too small. This is intended for devices with larger screens that will be coming out using a new nvidia chipset and running Android.

That's what I would do. Then if someone has a legitimate reason to contact the domain owner through whois information, the provider should pass the message along.

Then what prevents you from losing your domain if someone were to report it for having inaccurate contact info? Yeah, it's rare. Although, you did just draw attention to it in a very popular public forum where many assholes are known to frequent...

Why would they store data in a string consisting of only of '1' and '0' characters?

Why was this was modded down?

The article mentions €1000 (euro), which is equivalent to ~$1200 (USD).

How is the fact that £1200 (GBP) is equivalent to $1756.8 (USD) relevant to any of this?

Except that the pins are not so easily accessible on an IC in a BGA package: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

Who said she loses her phone? It would probably be a completely different phone which is also registered under her name.

They could use a fake or stolen id. They could pay, or pressure, others to buy phones for them. They could buy from a store clerk who's sympathetic to their cause and willing to enter made up identity information. Their options are only limited by the combined creativity of those in their social network.

Maybe someone was logged into more than one AIM account from the same machine.

Use something like this to search for discontinued phones your carrier has offered which support the DUN bluetooth profile and whatever other criteria you are looking for. Then check eBay for that model. Even if you want to use it for internet access on a device that only supports wifi and not bluetooth or USB, then you should be able to find a phone for under $100 running WinCE where you can find custom software to use it as a wifi access point. I've never needed it myself, but I've heard the HTC Mogul/XV6800 is a pretty cheap device which can serve that purpose well.