The Hack Half-Hour hacks MySpace

All hail the Australian Broadcasting Corporation! How on earth do they manage to put up so much serious quality media for 8 cents a day???
I discovered ABC2 the other night when we finally got the set-top box going.
Quick sidetrack: one of the warnings on the STB was, 'do not put this on top of your TV - it may fall off'. But it's a set-top box!!

Our very first programme was Hack, a JJJ show with outstanding credentials. What a delight to see it now! & the topic: MySpace security. Freeaaky! Here's the summary. And you can watch it on ABC's iView, their awesome streaming service. Go to Catch Up, & find Hack half Hour. Beware! pretty hungry for bandwidth! Schools will need to work out how to manage this fantastic resource.

Steve on Hack talked to Sophie, who has over 200,000 MySpace friends. It started when she was bed-ridden for long periods, & has given her great experiences, & some authority! Then he spoke to Ty, a professional hacker, who found enormous holes in MySpace's security. The finale was an edited forum, covering a great array of well-reasoned opinions. My favourite was "really, we need to take responsibility for who we are online."

It's compelling viewing. If you're wondering about the youth of today, what'll become of us etc etc., please watch this: you'll be so encouraged!