...a couple years ago my checking account, of all things, got 'hacked' over a period of a couple months for over $2,000 before I noticed it. After some heated back and forth with my bank for a short time I got it back, but it was a hell of an eye opener. I'd always expected credit card accounts to be targets, but some crook managed to hit my checking directly. After that experience I certainly wouldnt want my ip address to become a potential target, especially if any income info was available. I respect the fact that you spent money out of pocket and a lot of time to do this, ynsaen, but having ip addresses attached was a helluva a blunder.