~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Was I the only one who saw ``Hack Attack'' on the Discovery Channel? The promos were typically sensationalistic. `In cyber- space, there is no privacy.' `Teenage hackers can read, change or destroy your computer files.' `No one is safe.' Yada, yada, yada. Phyber Optik was interviewed in prison. A number of events were illustrated using `dramatic re-enactments.' Cop types told scary stories that, more often than not, ended with a statement like, ``The meltdown was caused by a programming error, but it could just have easily been done by a malicious teenage boy in his bedroom.'' They did do a fair job of defining and distinguishing the terms: `hacker,' `phreaker' and `cracker.' However, I don't recall ANY mention of encryption as a means of protecting privacy. Anyone else see it? S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~