For a country that introduced the concept of talking in elevators and urinals? I'd say drinking in the afternoon is a lesser evil, if at all.

I guess we're digressing, but I don't think the US introduced urinals. And I fail to see how talking in elevators is incompatible with being a prude (or is there some subtle sexual innuendo that's flying over my head here?)

I think they meant “talking in urinals”

Ah, I'm an idiot – thanks :-)

All 3 versions are being open sourced. Says so in the article you linked.

It's social engineering. Even I felt uneasy seeing how the author was able to take usernames. However, this isn't very different from other white/black-hat hackers getting into others' accounts by simply contacting support and providing minimal proof.

I don't think they believe it either. It's just easier to treat people as criminals by default. Why go through the effort of engineering things properly when you can have 10+ cops break down your door and shoot your dog?

You're overestimating the cognitive ability of the average lawmaker.

They probably don't even stop to think about what security measures can be taken to prevent being pwned.

> On the internet, the burden of proof is on the accused.

True, unfortunately.