Haven't we known this all along? This tactic isn't about piracy. It's not about upholding justice. It's a business move to increase revenues through extortion-like techniques. I'm not shocked that they're indiscriminate about who they extort money from. More people receiving the letters just means more money in their pockets. Why spend the time trying to figure out who's actually "stealing" from them? There are obviously no consequences for using the shotgun technique.

All employees accessing sensitive networks must now remove their shoes...

Anybody savvy enough to buy a Kindle just to get to Twitter is probably also savvy enough to use Tor or Freegate in order to access it as well. This was a loophole, but not a significant one.

It's absolutely the best option to tear everything out and start over again. It's really hard to make a business case to spend the time and labor when all you have is a hunch. The reason I asked this question to begin with is because most C level staff don't see the justification. Active Directory, Exchange, Sharepoint...they're all pretty big beasts. If risk can be mitigated and proper backups are in place, I don't see a reason to tear apart the IT infrastructure.

They absolutely should be outraged. In what world should anybody's job be judged by their performance? Especially a job funded by taxpayers. <\sarcasm>

It'll be interesting to see how good (un-evil) this company remains as more and more control is handed off to the market. The founders may have had this ideal of remaining good for the sake of the future image of the company, but Wall St is typically concerned with growth at all costs. I really trust Google with my information. I think their current model will protect it. But what happens when Wall St decides that the founders aren't getting them the growth they desire (even if profits are through the roof)? Will they be pushed out? Will "don't be evil" turn into "try not to be evil unless it can maximize your profit."? This is probably a good thing to consider before pushing everything into the "trusted" cloud.

Quick SCO...here's your chance. It's one of your customers. So just track down which company this guy works for (shouldn't be too hard, just look for that 1 order that you received in the past six months) and sue them for billions. After all, they're using your IP in Linux. Bankruptcy solved!