I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t crack down harder after that incident

That incident was 15 years ago It’s entirely possible that they did tighten things up, but relaxed those changes after several years. Probably not relaxed now, though…

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This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.

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With a good battery, the device can easily last for 5 or 10 years, although the walls probably won’t.

thinking that the year 2000 was 10 years ago.

This is patently absurd, 10 years ago was 1994.