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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Me whenever I see "hackers" portraited in movies.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Here comes the speed typing competition!

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As an IT professional those scenes never bother me. If they made it accurate for the screen it would be incredibly boring: a person sitting bathed in light from a monitor typing with a blank expression. They'd pause. Then go back to typing. Every now and they'd alt-tab over to some social media or meme site for a few minutes before sighing, maybe they toss their glasses onto the desk, inhaling deeply while rubbing their temples, then switching back to the "hacking" while muttering curses under their breath.

    Instead any day I'll take the CGI animations with 1990's techno music overlayed on close-up shots of fingers on keyboards with a final triumphant smack of the ENTER key, and quick simple "beep", and the actor exclaiming "I'm in!".

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or my favourite trope from the mid to late 90's: guessing the password. But not everyone can do that; they need a hacker for that.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean, there is def an applicable skill set there that most people won’t have. Understanding common passwords, the typical ways people might add variation to those passwords, and understanding how to apply relevant information about the person in question are all ways to massively narrow down the scope of potential passwords when brute forcing or guessing your way in. There’s a good numberphile video that covers something similar to this topic which goes into a bit more detail.

    That’s to say: everyone should use a password manager.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    While I'm a history nerd, I don't know enough to be this guy. But show me a plot involving computer software and I'll rip that shit to threads. Sorry. It bugs me.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Then there are the ones who know the city where the movie takes place and point out how the location shots of driving through town make no sense.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Problem is, the closer you get to the present day, the closer the movie gets to being disinformation.

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