all ur botz r belong to us!!

Like INFOSEC!

Seriously though, yes... Try to find what it is you love and learn about any emerging trends/tech/what-have-you revolving around or related to that, then learn as much as you can about it. I work in a small business, supporting about 100 users, so my role in IT is broad (from break-fix to Sysadmin). I feel your pain, but I am actively pursuing knowledge of information security and programming to an extensive degree, including pursuing my BS in Information Security (yes, I only have an AS, ATM.). My point is this: Stick with what you do, as it is a good foundation for what you want to do (IT support provides critical problem-solving and analysis skills) and further your education throughout it all. When you are comfortable in you knowledge of what it is you want to do and your skills revolving around that path, then you will have no problem jumping on you chosen profession. Remember: It may take time, often years, before you land a job that makes you enjoy waking up in the morning, but when you do all the past will be worth it.

I think he does mean to rule with an iron fist.

If you are referring to the Android Market and the apps as being web-based, that would not be true (well, the market is heavily 'web-reliant'. The apps are downloaded from the web and installed locally. Pre-installing an app is as easy as including it in the custom source build. And: w00t! More droids! MORE DROIDS! ...Seriously though, I think that I will stick with the custom/rooted builds, myself. :)

Way to go, BBC. You have moved past bringing the populace breaking news stories to creating them! I am looking forward to the next headline, regarding this. I think we all agree that gaining unauthorized access to another computer is, not only unethical, but illegal. I am surprised, being that this article is on slashdot, now, that the BBC is not already feeling the ramifications of its actions. I highly doubt they asked everyone in those chat rooms: "Hi, we are from the BBC, we would like to pwn your computer in the name of exposing cyber security risks. Is this okay, with you? Great, Thanks!"

...MOST users.

Indeed. It's just too bad Apogee only offers its ISP services to colleges and Universities. If they were a standard ISP, it would be even better for them (in some respects). On that note... I think that their being a collegiate ISP is perhaps the reason (or one of them) that they did not just fork over the details, like all the others. There are pretty strict laws, when it comes to protecting the identities and information of students.

Only when the person is too much of a poser to not find the hidden SSID. Not everyone knows how, though it is incredibly simple. That is the reason why we have security through obscurity, to begin with. Also, to comment on the topic, it does not take social engineering to find the MAC address for a router. Almost every stumbler does that, by default, out of the box. Many will show that there is a hidden SSID, but they may still show the MAC address. Even if they don't, the SSID can be found and the router cracked.