@RosaElipster: Thing is, this is not sensationalist FUD. There are so many concrete examples of problems that have cropped up in the cloud like the Twitter break-in, Kindle remote deletion, photos not actually getting deleted from Facebook when you delete them, etc. Read more

@young.lukas: Exactly. Read more

@darylgriffiths: Ah, ok. I just clarified the poll responses to match my article subheds. Should show up soon from PollDaddy, thanks. Read more

@whiteflea: The issue with Hotmail is that they shut down inactive accounts after a certain amount of time. So, if you don't log into your Hotmail account for longer than that period, it gets shut down. Then, all a hacker has to do is re-register your Hotmail account, request a password reset for any of your other… Read more

@young.lukas: Legal privacy protection is separate from security, no? Read more

Just added this to version 0.7 of Better GReader: [addons.mozilla.org] Read more

@monsterblues: Ahhh! That DOES work for me today (swear that's what I tried yesterday). Awesome trick, thanks! Read more

@JesseDioscuri: Ack, my bad! I must have dreamed that. Updating now, sorry to get your hopes up! Read more

@monsterblues: That text file trick doesn't work for me (Windows/Firefox), but it does sound exciting! I only get one task added. If it starts with the due date, however, that does get assigned. Read more

@Glenn Fleishman: Thanks for the No Trespassing sign quote. :) Read more

@Glenn Fleishman: Yep re: this bubbling up from 2005—like I said, this is not news. It's really old news, but it's something we've never covered and I'd personally never tried, so thanks for indulging me (and sorry). Read more

@cha0tic: I appreciate it! I'm really NOT an expert so I'm thrilled to have you here fact-checking me. Thanks. :) Read more

@Russell Phelan: cool, thanks for the info. I'll give that a try. Read more

@cha0tic: Yeah, ok, this sounds right. It's totally easy to fake a MAC address (see the post, it's a simple macchanger command) and totally simple to see AP's that don't broadcast their SSID. Not much of a leap to monitor and find the right MAC addresses to spoof. Read more

@TheOtherHalf: AFAIK, Mac address filters DO indeed stop this particular crack. Read more

Any bets on which Labs feature will graduate to a regular one? That was a heavy-handed hint they dropped there. Read more

@MattPadgett: Doesn't look that way. From their post: Read more

@outerfringe: Yes, those instructions were needlessly complicated. You can just drag and drop any image to the top of the Info pane, none of that other stuff required. (I will update that post, thanks for the reminder.) Read more

@Vroomtrap: Trimming was only available in QuickTime Pro before, and it didn't have the scrubbing control that QT X does. But yes. :) Read more

@markbranly: Oh thanks, fixing now. :) Read more