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The Future of the Family
Jeff McMullen – Photo, caama.com.au
Jeff McMullen is one of Australia's premier journalists.
Mr McMullen delivered a March 13 address on the Future of Families at the Families Relations Australia Conference 2013. During the address he encouraged people to think about all that is good about family and then to view this experience through the yes of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child.
Mr McMullen outlined a number of steps that could make a difference and subject to there being the will to undertake them.
There are some who think the family is finished, that barely half of partnerships will survive in any form and that many children increasingly must grow up adrift from the love and the strengths of kinship.
This is such a bleak view of the human family that we should challenge the failure to celebrate what is good.
Family and community have been the eternal source of well being for all human beings and if we look at the longer timelines of history, family and community are also the key to the extraordinary resilience of the world's oldest cultures, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Coming to see and understand Indigenous families in this light is to experience joy, laughter and learning, as well as all of the conflicted emotions that come from so many generations of the Struggle for human rights and dignity.
This is not to underestimate the depths of the crisis that now engulfs so many Indigenous families but to question the policies of those who think that assimilation is the answer to all of the woes.
Look at the future through the eyes of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child in any family, urban, rural or remote community.
Can anyone say that Australia has succeeded in offering all of these children an equal chance of health, a good home, a first-rate education, life fulfilling work and happiness?
After you have answered truthfully, NO, you must surely wonder are Australian Governments indifferent or insensitive, or just plain incompetent and unaccountable?
The wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander families is the single most important test of whether Australia ever becomes a great society. It challenges those cherished national ideals, the way we view our selves as egalitarian, fair minded and fundamentally equal.
We seem so far from passing this wellbeing test as a nation. Yet in the 21st Century we have failed to abandon the mistaken government approaches of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries.
Dispossession, disempowerment and disrespect remain the major themes of a Government approach that has taken control of so much Indigenous family life. The results, we all know, are wretched.
Australian Government policy and society as a whole have failed to alter the most disturbing realities for so many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
To give you some measure of the pain and loss experienced by too many Indigenous people put yourself in the shoes of a family that has lost a young person to suicide this week. This is happening at a very frightening rate.
Even just twenty years ago Indigenous suicide rates were at the same rate as for all Australians. Today Indigenous youth suicide and self-harm have reached crisis proportions in many but not all communities and we need to look closely at this pattern of why in some places there is hope and in other places despair.
In the Northern Territory for example, the percentage of all age Indigenous suicide has increased from 5% of total suicides in 1991 to 50% of the total in 2010. The most alarming increase, however, is among young Indigenous people aged 10 to 24. Indigenous youth suicide increased from 10% of the total in 1991 to 80% of the total in 2010.
None of us living anywhere in this country should stand by while so many families lose their children.
All Australians, including all Governments, should be asking themselves, why do we go on doing the same things when clearly the despair and loss of hope is growing worse in so many communities?
Mainstream approaches are not succeeding in addressing the dangerous spiral and numerous government inquiries have confirmed this. Yet we so rarely draw on the Cultural strengths, the experience and knowledge in those communities that maintain an extraordinary resilience and ability to foster wellbeing.
The truth is that still today there are many Aboriginal communities, remote, rural and urban, where there is a strong sense of Cultural identity, where school attendance and learning is so much higher, where neglect and malnutrition have improved and where there is not that endless procession of funerals.
Traditionally, of course, Culture, community and family ties maintained the balance of life and were the source of genuine wellbeing for most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Today these same values are the targets of a neo-liberal onslaught on Culture that undermines traditional Indigenous support structures. Controlled by new Great White Protectors, Aboriginal people are expected to sign away any real control over their destiny.
Bullying interventionist policies such as the Northern Territory Emergency Response including welfare management, punitive school attendance strategies and many other instruments of social engineering are now thinly disguised under misleading titles like STRONGER FUTURES and CLOSING THE GAPS. In truth, Australia is merely continuing that old pattern of dispossession, disempowerment and disrespect.
All of today's social engineering is occurring while the Australian Government and both major political parties declare with studied sincerity that they seek bi-partisan agreement to improve family services.
This is an outrageous claim if we look at the hard Government evidence from the first five years of the Northern Territory Intervention.
Government measurements of family wellbeing show that suicide, self-harm, children at risk and numbers of young people going into detention have increased alarmingly during this period of sweeping disempowerment of Aboriginal communities.
It is time for governments to wake up and take stock of this crushing humiliation of Aboriginal families. I challenge every government minister and departmental head to look closely at the social damage caused by this policy and then to ask yourselves, would you subject your family to this treatment?
No matter how many Big Lies were told in the Federal Parliament about this state of emergency in 73 remote communities, no matter how often the Government dismisses the United Nations criticism that these measures are deeply discriminatory and in breech of International Covenants, this offensive social engineering was never even likely to succeed because it did not respectfully consult let alone engage Aboriginal people.
Both the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott have admitted that the top down approach was a mistake and yet this approach continues in most dealings with Indigenous families and communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will work with others who offer support if Government and other organisations show enough respect and common sense to listen carefully to what is actually happening in these communities.
This has rarely happened and it has created a gulf between us historically.
Apart from youth suicide, the increasing removal of Indigenous children from their families is generating Indigenous mistrust of Australia's entire social system.
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families are truly frightened of the government family services.
Within any family and the surrounding community there is collective trauma surrounding the loss of a child removed to some other social setting. This is so profoundly disturbing not only because of the heartache every family would experience at such a time, but also because of the waves of cross-generational trauma that are still flowing from the original removal during the Stolen Generations of up to 100,000 Indigenous children.
Are most Australians aware that right now over thirteen thousand Indigenous children have been taken away by the Government and placed in out of home care? We are not talking about the madness of the past but the cruelty of today. This means Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children make up about one third of the total number of over 39,000 Australian children in out of home care.
With the same misguided logic of the Stolen Generations era these children are supposedly being removed for their wellbeing but almost half of them are also being removed from kith and kin and any of the traditional strengths of Culture.
Yes I know that all governments are supposed to have signed onto important priority principles to put such kids with Aboriginal extended families. But this isn't happening for too many Indigenous children. In the Northern Territory some 66% of children are removed to non-Indigenous homes.
Across the country at least one third of Aboriginal kids in non-Indigenous out-of home care have revealed to government that they have very little contact with the Culture of their community, the life force that orients them towards a sense of place, a sense of identity and a sense of purpose.
We already know the pattern of misery that will flow from futile attempts to tear out the Aboriginal essence from the mind of a child. Mental illness and depression become a river of sickness flowing on to other generations.
Clearly the white fella way is incapable of managing the crisis that historically White Australia is most responsible for, despite our persistent denial or convenient amnesia.
To be blunt, it is racism in its most dangerous form to try to blame the victims, by stereotyping Indigenous families and particularly their Culture as the cause of this crisis in family life. This neo-liberal war on Culture displays a striking ignorance of the Aboriginal way of seeing and understanding how this overwhelming sadness descended over so many people.
So where is there hope?
Many elders have told me that the family counselling efforts trialled in Central Australia tap into traditional approaches for alleviating social crisis by involving members of the extended family and community services to discuss how to improve the safety and wellbeing of the child. This approach can reduce the removal of children from family and we should be supporting the local efforts vigorously.
Similarly, Aboriginal suicide prevention programs and other youth services can make a huge difference to the state of mind of these young people at risk. Yarrabah, the large and proud community near Cairns, pioneered a very successful suicide prevention program.
There are effective programs supporting Aboriginal children and families in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia as well and they all draw on the core strength of the local community.
Alarmingly, these exceptionally effective Aboriginal programs are the exception. And Governments show little interest in adequately funding more of them.
In the Northern Territory an official inquiry led by the Children's Commissioner, Dr Howard Bath, Muriel Bamblett and Rob Roseby recommended major changes because the mainstream child protection system could not cope.
So what do we see?. The Northern Territory Government has slashed the budget for the community sector including for the peak Aboriginal organisation set up less than a year and a half ago, known as Strong Aboriginal Families, Together.
In Queensland, Campbell Newman's Government has slashed hundreds of positions for people experienced in working with Indigenous young people most at risk.
The excuse always offered by Governments is that budgets must be trimmed. But even those ministers know that the guaranteed outcome of cutting the support for families is that it will eventually cost far more for children removed from homes, sent into juvenile justice or through the revolving doors of prison.
Everyone knows that prevention is a better approach to create wellbeing for children, families and communities. But Australia can never get serious when it comes to a consistent, coordinated preventative approach.
For example, Aboriginal elders plead with Government to show some genuine responsibility and improve the terrible living conditions that have such a drastic impact on any child's wellbeing and future prospects. In my lifetime I have watched people move from smaller humpies to larger sheds, from 44 gallon drums of water to leaky toilets and sewage running across children's play areas. I see rusted cars pulled up around tumbled down walls and old men, near blind, forced to hobble around without any real care or compassion.
For all of us, physical and mental health is largely a consequence of social determinants. At least 70% of our health is determined by the kind of home we live in, degree of education we access, nutrition and medical care we receive from birth and all of those other interconnected facets that make up home and community, especially a feeling that we belong.
All of this has been denied to so many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across so many generations that escaping the poverty trap, the welfare trap and that great malaise is constantly defied by a system that stubbornly refuses to listen.
While the Australian public may wince at the large amounts of money invested unsuccessfully in the controlling welfare management of Indigenous families, so many Indigenous people are even more deeply disturbed that Australian can throw billions at child removal and another billion by 2014 to develop family and community support services when these Indigenous families know they are still missing out.
The parents who call me when they have to bury a child who has taken their life know that we have all been silent for way too long.
I cried with a much loved Aboriginal friend, a woman schoolteacher whose oldest son, aged 20, killed himself.
I sat with an Aboriginal elder a week ago who said to me, "When my son killed himself I could only deep into my Culture… and I said to my family, 'I forgive you son, for the pain you are causing everyone now."
I want you to put yourselves in the shoes of that man and woman.
As a nation we have not listened to the cries for help, we have not taken the right kind of action to prevent this totally preventable contagion of loss of life.
Here are some of the ways Aboriginal people say Australia can help to make a difference.
1. Why can't we empty our heads of that old poison called assimilation and listen to the Aboriginal elders and organisations who can tell us what is going wrong and why the mainstream services don't reach so many people.
2. If we were objective we would admit that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are not truly 'community controlled' because they struggle with myriad agencies that still want to dispossess, disempower and disrespect them. It is time for empowerment!
3. Often government funded family support programs are positioned in direct competition, undermining the natural strengths and authority of Aboriginal groups. Let's start respecting the rights of communities.
4. The workforce of many Government funded family services still requires a vast education and reskilling effort to help even experienced counsellors appreciate who it is they are working with and the nature of the complex causes for dysfunction.
5. It is also a major flaw in Australia's approach to ailing communities and families that we go on unsuccessfully treating what is always characterised as 'the Aboriginal problem" but we show great reluctance to address and alleviate the causes of this 21st century poverty and national neglect.
6. No one can claim that we don't have the wealth to build a decent home in a reasonably serviced community for half a million Indigenous Australians. Let's be fair Australia.
7. If we held ourselves to that same standard most Australians expect and demand for their families we would address the overcrowding, the lack of sewage, the second rate health care and education, the lack of opportunity and the refusal to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on their terms.
8. If Governments can ever admit that they don't have the answers to the wellbeing of Indigenous families then Australia may be ready for real change.
9. It is time to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and community organisations to swell the ranks of the hopeful.
10. Provide adequate funding for the size of the task, invest in the children and we will see a truly greater society.
Together we can get this work done.
Yes, families are hard work but for all of us they are the source of our greatest strengths and joys.
Address to Family Relations Australia Conference. Canberra. March 13th 2013.


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By Pete
from Monroe, Wa.
About Me Casual/Recreational
Comments about MERRELL Men's Moab Trail Shoes:
Tried a 10 1/2 at the store (too small), tried a 11 1/2 at the store (too large), purchased a 11. Bad move, I wore them for a day, so returning them is out, won't purchase again.
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Went hiking and had no problems with the boot. Nice fit, no breaking ing and comfortable. Nice support for your foot. No rubbing issues. Nice look and is water prof. Would recommend.
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Really nice shoes. Very comfortable, no break in required. Also very fragile. After less than 10 hikes the top lace holder broke and now I have a shoe useless.
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I've always been active and in good enough shape to hold my own. I would rate my physical stature as 5'9" 160lbs and athletic. I've recently become an avid hiker and during my first few hikes I wore plain tennis shoes and did fine. For my most recent hike I purchased these Merrell Moab shoes. THESE SHOES ARE GREAT! Super comfy, great support, great traction, virtually zero break in and did well in and around the water. I could definitely tell from the get go what I had been missing during previous hikes in regular shoes. My latest hike was in fairly rough terrain however, I can't say much for durability at this point because I've only hiked in them once. So possibly a few months from now I'll come back and give a review on the durability. Bottom line is that this shoe worked so well that I had to write a review on them. That alone should say volumes about how pleased I am with these shoes.


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Best Celebrity Makeunders
These stars finally took that "less is more" adage to heart when it came to changing up their hairstyles and makeup
August 18, 2010 | by Molly Roemer | 39 COMMENTS
Christina Aguilera
Aguilera is no stranger to over-the-top makeup looks. Case in point: Here she sports very fake lashes, shocking red lips and overly stylized hair. So, the soft makeup seen in her "after" look paired with a classy, Jackie-O-esque bob is a refreshing and stunning choice for her.SEE NEXT PAGE: Angelina Jolie
This was fun .... but, Kate? Is she a celebrity?
by islands4me Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 10:43AM Report as inappropriate
well, most look better with less obvious makeup. Christina Aguilera is a winner- drastic change :)
by venenumletalis Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 09:33AM Report as inappropriate
Love both Drew and Christina. Not sure if Avril is really a makeunder though because she still has alot of eye makeup.....Love her though either way ^_^
by BitterSweet1016 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10:16PM Report as inappropriate
It is amazing how a softer look can look so much more breathtaking.
by beautybody Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 06:25PM Report as inappropriate
i like all of the makeunders except kate gosselin. she shouldn't even be on this list as a celebrity-blech!
by rebecca_moran_watson Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 12:50AM Report as inappropriate
"Johansson's too-blonde, almost yellow, single process color never really worked for us. She already has the pin-up thing going for her, so the super blonde hue and ultra smoky eye seen here makes her look more Playmate, less A-list" Why always putting down Playmates down? They can also look and be A-Class, for God sake! Stop putting them down!
by nikki_barrager Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 04:43PM Report as inappropriate
It always helps to have a little "work" done to make these women look better. Drew Barrymore has obviously see a plastic surgeon because her face looks totally different. Also, is she EVER going to loose that variegated hair, going from dark at the roots to light at the ends? That look is SO over.
by BengalsGal Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 01:41PM Report as inappropriate
Wow they all look better with their make under!
by ladyboarder9669 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 01:41PM Report as inappropriate
I love Christina Aguilera's after look. She looks stunning! Angelina Jolie has always looked gorgeous!
by WiccanLady Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 11:58AM Report as inappropriate
I think every one of these stars look far better in there after looks. As far as "The Voice" comment goes...I totally agree! Christina needs another make under!
by powerwoman033 Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 08:18PM Report as inappropriate
did anyone see "The Voice" after the Superbowl......christina had too many extensions and when it was pulled to the side, it wasn't flattering. where is her "dresser?" the clothes didn't flatter much either!
by barbara_benjamin_tadokoro Monday, February 6, 2012 at 03:07AM Report as inappropriate
makeup artists are genius !!
by 4getu123 Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:34PM Report as inappropriate
I think drew barrymore looked better in the before picture
by sportimonki13 Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 08:40PM Report as inappropriate
I like the clean look in the afters
by laprile Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 06:31AM Report as inappropriate
natural is always better
by janellelora Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 01:32AM Report as inappropriate
I love a good make under. These ladies look so pretty with a more natural look.
by taryn.romero Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:43AM Report as inappropriate
make unders are awesome! I love seeing more natural beauty!
by Bon_Bon Monday, August 15, 2011 at 01:12AM Report as inappropriate
Christina Aguliera looks fabulous!!
by attagirl Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 03:38PM Report as inappropriate
christina looks so pretty made under
by porsha_coleman_mcdaniels Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 01:15AM Report as inappropriate
I love celebrity makeunders! Although Ashlee's look could use a little improvement still. Avril looks GREAT with her new look!
by LipglossandSpandex Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 05:19PM Report as inappropriate
Angelina looks so much better when she's going for the more natural approach.
by Bon_Bon Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 07:16PM Report as inappropriate
Christina Aguilera looks way prettier with less makeup
by LittleBunny Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 10:12AM Report as inappropriate
I agree Christina Aguilera looked way better with less makeup and so did Scarlett Johannsen. She stood out more with the hair and makeup toned down. I guess less really is more!
by RoleModel Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 01:03AM Report as inappropriate
angelina jolie's eyebrows before made me laugh!
by kenya Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 10:03PM Report as inappropriate
I agree with all of these particularly Kate Gosselin OMG her hair was just a wreck!
by pynkNymphette Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 09:25PM Report as inappropriate
I thought Christina Aguilera's makeunder was stunning as well. Personally, I think Drew Barrymore looks pretty in almost anything...tho that lipstick didn't suit her.
by QuicksilverQueen.com Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 11:39AM Report as inappropriate
Christina looks so gorgeous after (made under)! Pretty, classy, and not overdone.
by kate_chamberlain Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 09:54AM Report as inappropriate
Wow! I couldn't believe the photos of Christina Aguilera were the same person. I honestly thought it was two different people. The 'after' photo is stunning! (not a fan of hers ... but wow! absolutely incredible transformation - gorgeous!)
by dianaincognito Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 08:15AM Report as inappropriate
I don' t know, I Drew looks better over done (if you want to call it that).
by lorri_williamsen Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 04:21PM Report as inappropriate
Oh, Christina does look way better with a makeunder, I totally agree.
by sharon_smitherson Monday, August 23, 2010 at 09:10PM Report as inappropriate
Yeah, I agree, Christina looks soooo much better with the makeunder.
by cfranks1 Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 05:27PM Report as inappropriate
I think Drew Barrymore looks good both under and over done.
by CeeNee Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 05:25PM Report as inappropriate
Christina looks good... normal.
by christine_fastlane Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 05:23PM Report as inappropriate


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Preview: Mavericks (4-2) at Bobcats (1-3); Mavs go for 17-0 all-time versus Bobcats
Earl K. Sneed reports from Charlotte and previews the Dallas Mavericks' Saturday night showdown against the Bobcats, as the Mavs try to bounce back from their loss in New York and look to improve to 17-0 all-time against the Bobcats.
Preview: Mavericks (4-2) at Bobcats (1-3); Mavs go for 17-0 all-time versus Bobcats
CHARLOTTE — After having their three-game win streak snapped at the hands of the New York Knicks on Friday night, the Dallas Mavericks couldn't wait to land in Charlotte to face the lowly Bobcats.
That's because in 16 matchups all-time against the Bobcats, the Mavericks (4-2) have never lost, looking to improve to 17-0 against the young Charlotte franchise with a win Saturday night.
After committing 20 turnovers against the unbeaten Knicks before falling to a 104-94 defeat, the Mavs will look to rebound 24 hours later while still playing without 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki (right knee surgery) and four-time All-Star Shawn Marion (sprained left MCL). And with the Mavericks looking to put their less-than-stellar performance in New York behind them, the new-look Dallas team will also attempt to end its two-game road trip with a W before returning home for two games.
"You know, we've been staying away from high-turnover games since exhibition, but [Friday night] it got us," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said of the loss. "New York's a veteran team, and if you give them more possessions than you and you give them possessions off catastrophic turnovers, they're gonna convert them into points."
"[The Knicks] are a good team but we're a good team as well," center Chris Kaman added after his fourth straight double-figure scoring game. "We didn't show that [Friday night] – what we're capable of. The good thing about basketball is there's another game tomorrow night. And we've gotta go out and try to redeem ourselves and get a win [Saturday night]."
But, if the Mavericks are to get back in the win column, then their young backcourt says it will have to be on the duo of 25-year-old guards to do so.
Friday night, 2-guard O.J. Mayo continued to light the nets on fire from long-range, connecting on 7-of-16 from the field and 5-of-10 from behind the 3-point arc for his 23 points. It was his fourth straight game of at least 20 points, a streak that began with Mayo dropping 30 points and connecting on a career-best seven 3s against Charlotte one week ago en route to a 126-99 home win.
But, even after widening his NBA-leading 3-pointers count to 26 — 10 more than any other player — through the first six games, the sharpshooter admits that his foul trouble and eight turnovers were costly to his team in New York, adding that he must play a better all-around game for the Mavericks to be successful.
"It kind of throws you out your rhythm a little bit," Mayo said of the combination of fouls and turnovers in the loss to New York. "I got hot a little bit, but it was a very winnable game. Extremely too many turnovers, and in order for us to win ballgames, I can't turn the ball over like that."
Meanwhile, Collison will try to rebound from a 1-of-8 shooting night in New York, after his eight assists were overshadowed by four turnovers and a quiet four points.
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Ethical Hackers' thoughts on a general misunderstanding of "hacker"?
January 31, 2013, 09:51:47 PM »
So I recently saw one of my friends write this for a project concerning technology:
"Hacking is bad, because it can destroy hard work. It can also harm people's lives. If you want to prevent yourself from getting hacked don't share your personal information. If you don't want your system to get hacked then you should have a good firewall. It will protect your computer and your files."
I decided to bring it here to see what you all would say. Do you agree that hacking destroys hard work and harms people? Is a good firewall really all it takes to protect yourself and your files?
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January 31, 2013, 09:59:30 PM »
Don't forget about a flux capacitor (FC). Firewall + FC = Fort Knox
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January 31, 2013, 10:08:55 PM »
Interesting, I haven't heard of that. I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to this stuff, but I was really wondering what people on a forum called "ethical hacker" would think of such a bold, all-encompassing statement such as "Hacking is bad." Is hacking justified?
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January 31, 2013, 10:27:36 PM »
Sorry, I was being a dick, I'll be serious for a minute.
It's a strange question. Illegal hacking is bad but it also keeps me employed on the white hat side. Our industry benefits from the Anonymous stuff and also when the media takes an incident and scares the crap out of people that don't understand it.
I don't promote illegal activity and I agree that a serious hacking incident can have devastating effects to a business.
I think a more interesting question is in regards to cyber warfare and what you think about nations using it against each other.....in my opinion, I think those hacks are good...
Stating that a person only needs a firewall to be secure is such an ignorant statement. There is so much wrong with it, I won't even get into it here. Go read about the attest new York times incident. They had a firewall AND antivirus ooooooooo. Those hackers must have used voodoo to get in
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January 31, 2013, 10:32:31 PM »
It depends on your definition, and where you got it. I've given hour-long talks on this, so I'll try to be brief. If you take the media's reporting as your basis for the definition of hacking, then it is bad.
If hacking is more like tinkering where you explore something and try to make it do what it was not originally intended to do, then you can hack a computer, hack a network, hack your car, even hack your toaster.
So if you take the more general term for hacking which is to tinker, then it is neither good nor bad. It is what you make it. So I prefer to call the people who use it for bad by a name we all recognize... they're criminals. As with anything, there are brilliant people on both sides. So from an outside perspective, sometimes the lines get blurred.
So we in the 'ethical hacking' business like to always start with permission. If you own the 'something' that is being hacked, then you have permission. If not, then the permission should be in written format by someone who has the authority to grant you that permission. So it ends up not being a question of whether the result is judged as being good or bad. That is way too open for argument. But rather it is whether you have permission or not.
In the end, it is all hacking. And with the above argument, it becomes relatively easy to tell which is ethical and which is criminal. Good or bad? That's in the eye of the beholder.
Agree? Disagree? Additional thoughts? Let's hear them.
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February 01, 2013, 06:16:48 AM »
I'm with Don. Hacking is not good or bad, it is how the person that posesses these skills uses them. The media has given the term "hackers" a negative meaning as they only feature blackhat incidents under this label and in positive messages speak of "compter professionals / consultants / experts).
Blackhats or criminals are a necessary evil. If they wouldn't be around, there was no security industry or policeforce and hence many people would be without a job. So not expect a completely safe internet ever, it's the same as real life: there will always be risks. Take your precautions and you will be most likely be safe enough.
A fw or anti-virus will not keep you safe from a serious threat. You should determine for yourself how valuable your data is and what level of protection is needed. As long as anything is in a computer there will ALWAYS be a way to get to it.
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February 01, 2013, 09:47:49 PM »
Quote from: cd1zz on January 31, 2013, 10:27:36 PM
It's a strange question. Illegal hacking is bad but it also keeps me employed on the white hat side. Our industry benefits from the Anonymous stuff and also when the media takes an incident and scares the crap out of people that don't understand it.
It is a strange question, but one I've been wondering about. As both you and others mentioned, without the criminal hackers (I understand they're called crackers?) the white hat hackers would be out of a job. But if no one hacked, then there would be neither be crackers nor hackers. Would that be a good thing? I mean, what would the internet be like if hacking did not exist? Where does one encounter ethical hacking on the internet anyway?
Let's say our definition of a hacker is someone who is skilled at writing code. I agree with Don, hacking is what you make of it and can go both ways. As for cyber warfare, whether or not it's right or wrong all depends on which country you're from, I guess.
What do you think of the cases where someone hacked into a scientists account, for example, and found that the scientist was using flawed processes to come to produce false data? Is that hacker right to inform the public? Who is really at wrong there, and how would one classify the hacker who leaked such information? Thank you so much for you help, as I'm new to this. I'll be sure to tell my friend that her files aren't as safe as she thought
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February 02, 2013, 12:14:36 AM »
A reply on your first part:
If hacking did not exist there would be no internet. The true and old definition of a hacker is somebody who has the need to understand the inner workings of something in order to enhance / improve it or to gain more knowledge.
When using that definition you see a hacker is not restricted to the digital world. The same processes can be adopted to almost any field. People like this are the reason society always advances and comes up with new technology.
Second part: my opinion is that somebody who breaks in a computer and finds information that the public should know about must have the right to publish this. However in real life this is not the case. It usually comes down to profits and money. If there is enough at stake companies will try to sue you and goverments will put you in jail.
Journalists occasionaly publish stuff they get from an anonymous source. That would be the only way I would dare to publish.
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February 03, 2013, 11:01:22 AM »
Ah, so then the internet wouldn't have gotten to where it is today without hackers? Interesting. . . I have so much respect for them. Where do you think hackers of today will take us? What ethical problems do you (and this is to anyone; your thoughts are quite appreciated!) think could arise in the future?
I like how you stated your opinion and find myself in agreement with you, but what do you mean by it coming down to profits and money? What about people who reveal let's say, confidential government information? They think they're helping to inform people about something they need to know, but they may actually be putting hundreds of people in danger. Is there anyone who disagrees with sh4d0wmanPP?
Ah yes, but then the problem I sometimes have with such information is the fact that it isn't verifiable. What's an internet rumor and what's not? Hard to tell sometimes.
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February 03, 2013, 07:24:51 PM »
The general public, have a view such as your friend's. This is because they do not understand that there are professional / ethical hackers like us, on the "good side", to many people, this type of job is surrealistic and incomprehensible, it's only something that exists in the movies, while this type of community on the good side, is in fact, quite large.
Obviously your friend is biased and somewhat newb, as he is only thinking about the script kiddies and black hats, and not thinking about that it was in fact a hacker who invented SSL (HTTPS), and another form of hacker, that invented a lot of other cool things, who was named Nikola Tesla.
It's a shame the general public have this view about hackers, that they are all bad, while a lot of us use a lot of our time, dedicated to learning in a safe and non harmful way, while increasing the security locally, or globally, often completely free. If increasing the security on a local or global scale is bad, then your friend may want to reconsider what is good or bad. (I know this is not what he said, but I am assuming his perception of the hacker world and the security aspect of technology is very limited.)
PS: Yes, it were hackers that invented the Internet.
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February 04, 2013, 10:14:24 PM »
I myself was of the opinion that all hacking was bad before coming upon this network. I now understand white hat hackers and black hat hackers and that hacking is not confined to digital technology. Now I'm curious though, what kind of work do you on the good side do? What are some examples of white hat hacking I may come across on the internet?
Ah, well that's a problem, isn't it? We don't question who came up with SSL, we just accept that it's there (by "we" I mean your average internet user). Only when black hats pose a threat to our security do we acknowledge the existence of hackers, so white hats are somewhat overlooked. I find it strange that you use Nikola Tesla as an example of a hacker.
Thank you for your insight--my friend is quickly learning that not everything is as black and white as she thought when it comes to hacking.
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February 05, 2013, 12:53:21 AM »
The reason why I used Nikola Tesla as an example of a hacker, is because he was extremely clever and brilliant, he was way ahead of his time and was hacking together devices still in use today. Hacking is you and many others said, not confined to technology. The original meaning of a hacker was e.g. a person who was extremely good at crafting items out of wood. Of course, you don't have to share my beliefs and generally I wouldn't consider Nikola Tesla as the general kind of hacker, but, he was extremely dedicated to his work, just like any other hacker is, and he knew exactly what he was doing.
It's good to hear your friend is learning that everything is not black and white, there's (even though I don't want to say this), shades of grey in between. (Not 50 though.)
On the good side, depending on what type of role you're in, you will do almost the same as the attackers (blackhats), except you have permission to do so, and that you abide by an ethical code so you won't e.g. sell the client out, blackmail them, or disclose their information, etc.
Examples of work I have done is as follows:
- Web Application Penetration Tests (often few ips or small blocks)
- Web Service Penetration Tests
- Wireless Penetration Tests
- External Network Penetration Tests
(And soon I'll be doing Internal Network Penetration Tests too.)
- External Vulnerability Assessments (of large blocks)
- Vulnerability Research (finding 0days)
- Incident Response (when a client gets hacked by the bad guys..)
- Host Security Assessments (review of OS and/or Service configuration)
- Writing Secure Configuration Standards (for clients)
(And soon, I'll be writing Secure Coding Standards)
- Denial of Service Testing (i.e. stress testing servers.)
- Verifying that a site is e.g. out of a PCI Scope. (Otherwise, they have to get a PCI Assessment, which I don't do. We have a separate team for that.
- Source Code Reviews (I have a few big projects coming up.)
- Social Engineering Penetration Test (I have this type of project coming up soon as well.)
Of course I have also done:
- Marketing Videos for Information Security Conferences (showing how an external penetration test could get Domain Access, all because of an XSS bug to start with, and a MySQL server (the latest) hosted on a Windows server. This video was made months before KingCope released his "bugs".)
- Developing and upgrading internal tools (hacking tools, reporting tools, security tools)
- Developing and upgrading internal lab environment (for demonstrations, Capture-the-Flag contest, testing environments, etc)
And of course, I have used a variety of different risk rating systems, internal, client-based, and CVSS 2.0
Besides that I have done research in a variety of domains (most not released yet), but it spans across network attacks, web application security, etc.
The released stuff is mostly related to web application security. (Where this was released way before I got my job.)
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February 22, 2013, 06:09:53 AM »
This is a topic a talk about all the time with people. Back in the day when I was growing up a hacker was a programer, a cracker was a code breaker and a script kiddie was some one that did not know how to code and used everyone elses.
Now to what is a hack? A hack is to make something do what you want it to do outside of it's design (or Program). So hacking is not bad hacking is what make us understand things more and possibly make it operate better. Breaking an I phone is due to Hacking. Making a car drive faster or cleaner is a hack. People Hack everyday all types of ways . . . so I ask you is ahcking BAD?
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February 22, 2013, 10:44:58 PM »
All what mrvore said is truth, even though the term script kiddie (and the acronym skiddie) is still widely used
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February 24, 2013, 07:14:53 AM »
Great discussion, I love seeing non-hacker types gain a better understanding of the this world and the community around it. I don't have anything else to add to the explanation of "Hacker" but I am someone who benefits from the good guys. I am primarily a defender. I perform mostly vulnerability assessments and help the org address the findings. Fix the problems we know about before we call in the heavy hitters. I can do some minor testing though I need the assistance of tools. I also assist infrastructure teams with better hardening techniques, use of least privileged accounts, and helping app owners better understand app security test reports. I spend a great amount of time in this community to better educate myself on the latest techniques used to break systems. I hope to one day find a niche that I can concentrate more on but for now I will embrace the InfoSec Generalist role. Jack of all trades, master of none I suppose. But this group here in particular is great and I am glad to be a part of it.
If you want to see some real hacking in action, try to hunt down a local Hacker/Maker Space. They do projects for everything from making home made soap to building electronic door locks and 3D printers. My space runs computer clinics every other month as well as open houses so the public can come in and check out the current projects.
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Garden & Sustainability
Cauliflower – The Ultimate Comfort Food
Cauliflower makes me think of winter comfort food, but few gardeners realise that NOW is the time to plant it for the best results. This time of year... Read more
09 Apr 2013
It's Great To Be Corny
Believe it or not, corn is actually originated from a South American grass species called Teosinte. If you've grown it before this may not be t... Read more
06 Mar 2013
Bird Friendly Garden
To attract birds to your garden, grow Australian native plants such as grevilleas, banksias and bottlebrush, but go for a range of sizes and types to... Read more
21 Feb 2013
Bruce with a Loretta, one of our dedicate…
A year ago Bruce Lees, while broadcasting at Midland Irrigation in Ballarat, finally met Loretta. Loretta has been calling Bruce for Morning Mystery Music... Read more
22 Mar 2012
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