There was also a report in late August, when I think CNET started the practice: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2910554

The list of news reports on seclist.org's page justifies the new story. I guess that this will get mainstream coverage soon.

Yeah, I guess I wasn't paying enough attention but this was the first I'd heard of it.

Sorry, I wasn't meaning to say "This is already on HN", but more "Here's some more reading for people who are interested".

I need to practice my tone and style a bit.

No worries. Can't have thin skin on the interwebz :D