As if Trump's use of the "Pocahontas" moniker hasn't already had the candidate himself take us all back to first grade.

Many labs routinely participate in accreditation audits. The accrediting agency sends a box of samples to the lab, the lab runs tests on the samples, and sends results back to the accreditation agency. If your results don't match expected results, things start happening.

Yes, somebody should absolutely be assigned responsibility to keep up with things like this. Because when no one's assigned the responsibility, well, then you get things like domains expiring.

WTF? A guy wants a degree on his resume to enhance his employment opportunities and you suggest that he blow his head off? What the hell's the matter with you? "Perk" is defined as 'an advantage or benefit following from a job or situation.' Which pretty much describes the OP's intent. Just because he is interested in the practical outcomes of having a degree rather than worshiping at the Holy Altar of the Ivory Tower you think he should end his life?

So, if I don't want an airplane to disappear, I should hire a pilot to fly it instead of network it with external systems, then?

This is only true if she gets convicted. I can't imagine a DA prosecuting this case.

Any of these would likely be "probable cause" under U.S. law to make a traffic stop. Under U.S. law an officer cannot detain you without either a warrant or probable cause. (At least, not in theory.)

WHS = Windows Home Server

Came here to say this. Color me skeptical.

I think you misunderstand the purpose of the Pi. The Pi was developed to be an educational tool for high-school aged kids. The fact that hackers and makers found it useful and jumped on the bandwagon is a fortunate side effect, but wasn't a design goal of the Pi.

A tutorial for the STM32F0DISCOVERY board can be found: http://thehackerworkshop.com/?p=391

A very interesting point, and one on which I agree. To date, companies haven't cared much about cybersecurity because there's no fiscal benefit to spending all that money. This case may indeed change that.

No, liability insurance pays out according to the terms of the contract.

If I were writing an insurance policy to protect a company against hacking, I'd sure as heck include clauses that require the insured party to take certain steps to protect that data. *If* such terms were part of the contract, and *if* Sony didn't abide by the terms of the contract, then the insurer isn't under any obligation to pay out.

It all comes down to: what were the terms of the policy? None of us knows that, so we're all just taking WAGs on this issue.

Yes, but....

Most liability contracts have clauses that require the insured to take certain measures to reduce their risk. If this policy does contain such clauses, and Sony didn't take those measures, it certainly stands to reason that the policy won't pay out.

It all comes down to what the contract says. Since that contract hasn't (as far as I'm aware) been released, all we can do here is guess.

Your wife may not have committed the crime the police were investigating, but she may have committed several crimes by making the recordings. If your wife didn't need a lawyer before, she likely does now.