Is your iPad from 2 generations ago forced to run iOS 5.1.1? No? Then you missed the point.

and some old app versions need old APIs for online functionality. The problem isn't offline content

As long as you're not into the whole "App" thing.

I hate how this is breaking support for iOS 5.1.1 only devices like the iPad 1. My mother-in-law is not technically inclined, but uses an iPad1 for banking and watching TV shows. Both apps have broken support for iOS5 in favor of iOS7. This makes a device she paid good money for only a couple years ago a paperweight. My Motorola Xoom I bought at roughly the same time is going strong and running a very current version of Android. This kind of thing is just a normal function of technology every 4-5 years+, but not 2 or less. Unfortunately for Apple her next device will be an Android. Cheaper and obsolescence proof for much longer.

I'd love to be working at UL or a similar company and have something like this cross my desk. The potential for abuse sounds like fun. I'd make it a personal quest to find out how to make this fail in epic ways.

Grandma, why is your hair clip sparki... OMG GRANDMA!!!

Maybe one day we'll all be named Bob.

Unless you have WPS running. Reaver baby.

WPA2-EAP with FreeRadius running on a Raspberry Pi. TomatoUSB firmware with no WPS, limited IP pool and static IP addresses. No SSID broadcast. No wireless admin access to router. Raspberry Pi is on it's own subnet. Using 10.0.0.0 rather then 192.168.0.0. Obfuscation to the point I can't even remember it all. My Vista laptop is not happy with this setup....

If you read the actual PDF, the sensor is a full 1cm in length and all the power and support devices are wired up. They are a LONG way off from having this function is a real mouth. WiFi? Why not NFC? Who's going to fund something that looks like a razor blade embedded in a tooth to spy on the things you know you shouldn't be doing?

hope can be replaced by doubt so quickly

I'm on Telus Optik TV/Internet and mine is FTTH.

Damn, I wish I had mod points for that one. Never have any when I need them.

Those kind of problems have been around more years then they haven't been around. That makes them a feature, rather then a bug.

Sign them up for their own mailing list. See if they can get themselves off it.

Hopefully it's worded in a way that specifies minimum transfer speed from the service providers servers. Not taking into account service area or other environmental factors. Basically making it a "This is the maximum amount we'll throttle you" Bill. I doubt it though.