There's still work to be completed right at the junction of phase one and two, which could compromise access to the school,

Only about 10 percent of the merchants do the right thing and notify customers when there is a compromise. Most want to sweep the hack under the rug. Their motivation is clear; they don't want to lose their customers' trust.

It may be the compromise that makes it work.

What else are you going to do? ... You got to go to work, right? So what can you do? You just have to pay it and hope it goes down.

From the time you're a junior, adults keep telling you about patience and hard work and using your head, but until you've been knocked down a few times and have to get back on your feet all by yourself, you probably haven't learned the lessons.

There is too much money at stake. At some point, somebody will blink and work out a compromise. If not, there will be plenty of competitors to Blackberry to fill the lacuna.