Never say "never" Mr. Bond

Here's why definitive words about the risk, security, etc., etc. of digital identity, particularly viz. identity theft and so on trouble me. I've never heard of UK's IT Contractor site before, but it's carrying a story about a Norwegian hacker who cracked Google's video software in less than a day (Norway's finest cracks Google Video). The lead:

Only a day after rolling out free software that lets users watch video clips from its servers, search giant Google has had its latest service hacked by prominent computer cracker, DVD John.

Known outside the industry as Jon Lech Johansen, the computer specialist from Norway has successfully reverse engineered Google Video Player, effectively allowing short film clips to be played on any server.

The air mass is always moving and direction can only be relative.

Posted by Grayson at June 30, 2005 07:52 AM