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In one of the scenes, where Darlene enters the commands like this: http://i.imgur.com/cGN3FQw.jpg (for those who don't get it, she is entering a space before every command so that it doesn't end up in `history`)
Assuming of course she or someone else had set HISTCONTROL to ignorespace (as follows): export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
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While the technical stuff mostly manages to avoid degrading into gibberish, I find the philosophizing about "bugs in the system" cringe-worthy. The show would have the layman believe that bugs are some kind of metaphysical agents of chaos that crack the facade of reality (or something), as opposed to reality where most bugs are caused by sloppy copy-pasting while reading HN with one eye.
In a sense, this is true. The view that all bugs are static, determinable, and caused by a lack of care and attention, is old fashioned and demonstrably wrong. In mature code bases (e.g core linux kernel), (almost) all the low hanging bugs have been picked clean. There remain only faults triggered by untested configurations, unconsidered usages, and by ordering non-determinism. The last one is particularly chaotic -…
If I was searching for some deeper meaning in bugs, I'd rather think about how the most elaborate and secure of digital structures are still vulnerable to a moment of distraction or laziness in just one person, and how software seems to be resistant to the sorts of engineering best-practices that make aerospace as safe and consistent as it is.
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IP ADDRESS FOUND : 593.102.340 It always bugged me. Does anyone know why realisators spend so much energy into making faux computer interfaces in almost every movie/show ?
The showrunners don't want to get in trouble when armies of fans type in stuff from screencaps. It's like how cars in movies have fake license plate numbers and telephone numbers all start with 555.
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IP ADDRESS FOUND : 593.102.340 It always bugged me. Does anyone know why realisators spend so much energy into making faux computer interfaces in almost every movie/show ?
The showrunners don't want to get in trouble when armies of fans type in stuff from screencaps. It's like how cars in movies have fake license plate numbers and telephone numbers all start with 555.
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I'm more scared of his wife - looks like she's the brains in that relationship :-)
She is stunning though but yes, both are psychic but she is by far more scary and has him under total control.
Their predictions of the future have been a bit off the mark...
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IP ADDRESS FOUND : 593.102.340 It always bugged me. Does anyone know why realisators spend so much energy into making faux computer interfaces in almost every movie/show ?
The showrunners don't want to get in trouble when armies of fans type in stuff from screencaps. It's like how cars in movies have fake license plate numbers and telephone numbers all start with 555.
See, for example, http://www.oldskoolphreak.com/tfiles/phreak/jenny07.txt
Using a real phone number, license plate number, IP address, or physical address in a show/movie/song has the potential to provoke throngs of fans into malicious, or merely inconsiderate, actions -- prank calls, ping bombs, or simply visiting and not cleaning up after yourself (which is what led to the Goonies house closing: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/g... )
It is refreshing to see on-screen depictions of hacking that use legitimate tools in ways they're actually used in, instead of "GUI interface using visual basic to track the killers IP address" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU ).
The screen stuff has been legit but two things were funny: 1. Eliot, an elite hacker, has a Excel 2014 book in his apartment. Why does he need to use Excel so much? Why does he need Excel at all if he's using Linux? And why would he need a user guide to figure it out? 2. When Eliot has to fix a hack to E Corp at Allsafe his boss gives him a folder of paper logs and says "look through these"
2. Sometimes, if extra paranoid about being hacked, may want to do things with paper as much as possible. Also, were they going on an airplane? That might explain need to have paper copies so have something to look over during silly takeoff and landing procedure. Also, to be honest, paper can be much more usable.
Actually, I'm pretty sure a lot of security professionals don't use Kali Linux because 1) they only need a subset of the pentest tools, 2) many companies' internal monitoring systems trigger alerts if they detect someone is using Kali Linux/BT (via OS fingerprinting). This is only my anecdotal experience though - thoughts?
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I totally disliked the series... It's poorly written, disconnected and the lead character doesn't convince enough. Even the story-line is totally poor IMHO. So the only good thing is the realistic hacking scenes...
I guess having an unpopular opinion, gets you down voted here. I hope the down voting was more due to adding an unnecessary opinion here.