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Every goddamn time (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by sjmarf to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One of the reasons I love WarGames is that it shows the hacker character actually doing his homework to figure out the correct credentials to get into the system.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sneakers is really good about this too. The majority of the movie shows them doing real world research and social engineering.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup. The fakest thing in that movie is the MacGuffin that can z break RSA encryption.

...Also maybe a bunch of hackers stealing a ton of govt funds, donating it to greenpeace and the NSA not immediately busting heads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hey man, the dude just wanted a Winnebago. Is that really too much to ask for handing such power over to the government?

[–] merc 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, the "magic device" they discover that makes encryption obsolete is unrealistic, as is the way it "decrypts" what shows up on their screens. But, the rest of it is really realistic, down to probing individual leads of a chip to see what kinds of signals they emit.