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'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

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Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

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Post by scrollaway »

touristtam wrote: post #166
scrollaway wrote: post #103

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Well, de gustibus non est disputandum right? :) I watch a ton of TV and I honestly think Person of Interest is the best show I've ever watched. It may not have the production value of Game of Thrones, the suspense of Breaking Bad or the comedy of .. um.. Seinfeld? but [rest of this comment rot13'd for spoilers] vg vf gur bayl fubj V'ir rire jngpurq gung chyyf bss fhpu n fzbbgu "traer fjvgpu" sebz cebprqheny gb fpvrap…

You have watched a lot of TV? What about things like Sons of Anarchy, the Soppranos or Oz? Or even the unfinished Profit?

What about them? :)

I don't expect a lot of people to agree with the statement. But I did just put it in front of breaking bad, game of thrones and yes even the sopranos. Those series are all amazing in their own right, but I'll reiterate that Person of Interest is the most unique TV experience I've ever had.

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

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Post by 07582320952 »

the_watcher wrote: post #90
TurboHaskal wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few problems with this show: - The actors are often out of character (or their development isn't clear) and mumble unintelligible sentences targeted at milennials with existential crisis (there are a few rants from the main character that would make 14-year-old-me cringe). - The plot reads a bit like Fight Club fan fiction with some American Psycho and geopolitics bits thrown in. - The pacing could be improv…

I'm not qualified enough to speak on this conclusively, but I believe the Ruby coding he did was using an actual social engineering tool. Also, he uses Kali Linux.

Ou me ajude a descobrir a senha do facebook ou zap do meu jamorrado

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

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Post by 07582320952 »

the_watcher wrote: post #90
TurboHaskal wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few problems with this show: - The actors are often out of character (or their development isn't clear) and mumble unintelligible sentences targeted at milennials with existential crisis (there are a few rants from the main character that would make 14-year-old-me cringe). - The plot reads a bit like Fight Club fan fiction with some American Psycho and geopolitics bits thrown in. - The pacing could be improv…

I'm not qualified enough to speak on this conclusively, but I believe the Ruby coding he did was using an actual social engineering tool. Also, he uses Kali Linux.

Ou me ajude a descobrir a senha do facebook ou zap do meu jamorrado

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

#174

Post by 07582320952 »

the_watcher wrote: post #90
TurboHaskal wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few problems with this show: - The actors are often out of character (or their development isn't clear) and mumble unintelligible sentences targeted at milennials with existential crisis (there are a few rants from the main character that would make 14-year-old-me cringe). - The plot reads a bit like Fight Club fan fiction with some American Psycho and geopolitics bits thrown in. - The pacing could be improv…

I'm not qualified enough to speak on this conclusively, but I believe the Ruby coding he did was using an actual social engineering tool. Also, he uses Kali Linux.

Ou me ajude a descobrir a senha do facebook ou zap do meu jamorrado

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

#175

Post by 07582320952 »

the_watcher wrote: post #90
TurboHaskal wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few problems with this show: - The actors are often out of character (or their development isn't clear) and mumble unintelligible sentences targeted at milennials with existential crisis (there are a few rants from the main character that would make 14-year-old-me cringe). - The plot reads a bit like Fight Club fan fiction with some American Psycho and geopolitics bits thrown in. - The pacing could be improv…

I'm not qualified enough to speak on this conclusively, but I believe the Ruby coding he did was using an actual social engineering tool. Also, he uses Kali Linux.

Ou me ajude a descobrir a senha do facebook ou zap do meu jamorrado

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

#176

Post by 07582320952 »

the_watcher wrote: post #90
TurboHaskal wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few problems with this show: - The actors are often out of character (or their development isn't clear) and mumble unintelligible sentences targeted at milennials with existential crisis (there are a few rants from the main character that would make 14-year-old-me cringe). - The plot reads a bit like Fight Club fan fiction with some American Psycho and geopolitics bits thrown in. - The pacing could be improv…

I'm not qualified enough to speak on this conclusively, but I believe the Ruby coding he did was using an actual social engineering tool. Also, he uses Kali Linux.

Ou me ajude a descobrir a senha do facebook ou zap do meu jamorrado

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

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Post by facemehacker »

the_watcher wrote: post #90
TurboHaskal wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a few problems with this show: - The actors are often out of character (or their development isn't clear) and mumble unintelligible sentences targeted at milennials with existential crisis (there are a few rants from the main character that would make 14-year-old-me cringe). - The plot reads a bit like Fight Club fan fiction with some American Psycho and geopolitics bits thrown in. - The pacing could be improv…

I'm not qualified enough to speak on this conclusively, but I believe the Ruby coding he did was using an actual social engineering tool. Also, he uses Kali Linux.

Yah all the commands shown on Mr.Robot are real. 'Coz I have tried in my Kali linux and it works well.

Re: 'Mr. Robot' may be fiction, but its hacking plots are all too real

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Post by mdrzn »

cmdrfred wrote: post #23
mdrzn wrote: post #20

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I think he wrote "emergency commands" not "hacking commands". Because she's inside the same network, she can send those commands from her cubicle, so she needed to know how to do it.

The show emphasized many times that "she is learning to hack" to the point of ad nauseam. Nobody who has a clue would ever call it that. In reality, she was learning to use Linux. Side note: Why is everyone using Kali Linux all the time? Does anyone (who isn't 14) really run that as a daily driver? They use it to surf the web and check their email. It makes no sense.

Maybe because it's easier to boot it everytime from USB wherever you are than to have an OS installed with information about you on it. Also, I guess they use it daily for hacking purposes and happen to check the mail on it.
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