TPB doesn't stay down long. It's like the Hydra of piracy. Cut off all the heads you want but it won't stay dead.

While a lot will say it is the consumer's fault for not securing (and I'm not saying they're wrong), it's just as much the manufacturers fault for not putting a bigger emphasis on security. People are so willingly ignorant of what kind of functionality their devices have outside of what they want. When setting up ANY device that can be accessed remotely, changing the default logon should be mandatory. Would consumers whine? Probably, but with a brief statement of WHY it has to be done any reasonably thinking person would be willing to put in the effort to change these defaults to avoid this kind of breach.

Do you have a source for this? I'd love to know what felonies I commit daily.

As true as I know it is, I'm doing my best not to lose total faith in humanity. Let's face it, not even congressmen like having their shit ruffled through, right? I could be wrong, but it remains to be seen. We'll see how this plays out.

As watered down as the bill may be, it's nice to see congress at least trying to push things in the right direction for once. Will this bill have a major impact? Maybe. Does it pave the way for more laws against mass surveillance? One can hope.

I use Google Voice during my work day since I can't have my phone on me in the building. Handy to have since my outside facing phone # can change from time to time and I can just forward GVoice calls to my office phone. It's also nice to be able to text family/friends about plans, things needing done, etc, but outside of work? I hardly touch it. I keep the app on my phone to see if I get responses after I leave the office, but I more often than not just switch to my phone's messaging app.