I don't know why it would be necessary for you to defend yourself in this to begin with. It's his responsibility to maintain a safe following distance. If he can't come to an emergency stop behind you without running off the road, it's his fault for either following too closely or driving too fast. It doesn't sound like he hit you, so I wonder how you got ensnared in this at all. I would have driven away (I'm not involved in the accident so I don't have an obligation to stay there and have someone try to blame their mistakes on me).

/insert Admiral Ackbar image: IT'S A TRAP!

No, not dupees. Rupees.

It would just be lumped in under that nebulous "unauthorized access to computer systems" of 18 USC 1030.

Once everything is connected a company will be able to use the shoddy IoT security to peek around your house and learn what brands/models of appliances and other products your own. Think how easy market research will be! No more have to convince people to complete a survey by giving them some freebie.

"If you hit the wall in an Indy Car and don't take your hands off the wheel, you'll break your wrists. Our wheel is a one-to-one replication of that, but we don't turn it up that high.

If you don't turn it up that high, it's not really a one-to-one replication then, is it?

Native Kansan here, too.

The state's only flat if you discount the Eastern third.

How many cups do you drink total, though?

1) Get double-capacity mug.
2) Half fill with hot water.
3) Make one K-cup of coffee
4) Pour in larger mug.
5) Ta-da. 50% strength coffee,

I'm not at work right now, but since the poster didn't say what he was linking to and can't edit it now to warn people, I just thought I would put this here.

Yes, I think you're missing the point of my original reply. The AC is saying that it's makes sense to him that the police can get records on cell phone on the idea "somebody builds something for you, and you use it in a crime, the court can order them to disclose what they know". I'm saying there is nothing here to suggest the cell phone was a tool used in the actual crime, so there isn't justification for the police to be able to get the records of the device using the reasoning he claims. It's just a case of "oh, gee, this idiot was carrying a device that happens to make it easy for us to get an idea where he's been, can we haz records nao?"

Nobody said that was the issue.
Skimming the article, I didn't see the NSA mentioned once.

Thanks for playing, though!

Was the cellphone actually used in the crime, or was it just in his pocket at the time.
Sounds like the police are just using the location records to establish the suspect being at the location of the robbery.

So can set updates to install a few weeks after they get rolled out to everyone else. That way next time there is an update that hoses people systems like last August's I can find out before I get burnt.

It's likely a dynamic IP, and by now has been shuffled onto another customer anyway. Their legal team is only interested in who was using the IP during the time of the alleged pirating activations.

Isn't it basic writing that your IDENTIFY the subject before you start referring to them with pronouns? "The Valley's top historian" is a descriptive statement (and a personal opinion at that), it doesn't substitute for her name.