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Open systems encourage community collaboration and can produce incredible results quickly, growing and extending systems beyond the imagination of the initial designers. I think that's is what the church has recognized. Hacking is just a term for extending closed or limited systems.

It seems the message about lousy passwords really isn't getting through. Yesterday we reported on an analysis of passwords coming from one of the many Sony hacks. Today it is the turn of the iPhone lock screen. iPhone users pay attention. 1234 is not a good passcodes.

"I've been testing a service called ZoneAlarm SocialGuard that I think strikes a good balance between safety and privacy, between a parent's peace of mind and a teen's sense of freedom. Every five minutes, it monitors kids' Facebook accounts for approaches by potential predators and strangers, cyber-bullying, age fraud, account hacking, and links to inappropriate or malicious websites. It uses algorithms that look for certain types of language, profile data, or other clues that unwanted activity may be under way."

"Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking." First up is the phone caller who claims to come from Microsoft Support warning that multiple problems have shown up on the victim's PC. They are told to look at the error log, which to the uninitiated does seem to reveal many things are seriously wrong with computer.