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Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

#11
Always been a fan of this Tumblr for cataloging movie/tv UIs - http://fakeui.tumblr.com/

I think some of the entries could serve as inspiration. Think about the effect Minority Report's UX has had. It was an idea that wasn't new, but seeing it (I think well done) in a movie gives it a more concrete goal for a lot of people (tech) and a reference point for other people (non-tech).

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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post #2

I've seen so many ridiculous "hacking" sequences in films that I really wasn't expecting this series to go into as much realistic detail as they do. Also most hacking stuff in films is at its worst when it comes to the dialogue which somehow always has to have something to do with shutting down a "mainframe". But this series does a great job both from a tech and dialogue perspective. There's even a scene where the ma…

when tor was mentioned in the opening scene of the first episode, i knew that this show was different.

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#14
post #9

The lead character feels to me like "Dexter as a Hacker".

I feel sorry for the lead character and he obviously has problems, but the wannabe CTO of EvilCorp reminds me more of Dexter. This is the first TV show I've enjoyed enough to schedule for it in a long time but that character (Tyrell Wellick[1]) is a bit too dark for comfort. [1] http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

Tyrell seems more like Patrick Bateman than Dexter.

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

#15

Always been a fan of this Tumblr for cataloging movie/tv UIs - http://fakeui.tumblr.com/ I think some of the entries could serve as inspiration. Think about the effect Minority Report's UX has had. It was an idea that wasn't new, but seeing it (I think well done) in a movie gives it a more concrete goal for a lot of people (tech) and a reference point for other people (non-tech).

Minority Report had almost no effect on UI as it was both internally incoherent, ergonomically untennible, and depended on non existent technology.

In fact in many ways it set back the dreams of UI by teaching a generation to value nonsensical interactions and poor ergonomics over usability

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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post #13
post #2

I've seen so many ridiculous "hacking" sequences in films that I really wasn't expecting this series to go into as much realistic detail as they do. Also most hacking stuff in films is at its worst when it comes to the dialogue which somehow always has to have something to do with shutting down a "mainframe". But this series does a great job both from a tech and dialogue perspective. There's even a scene where the ma…

when tor was mentioned in the opening scene of the first episode, i knew that this show was different.

yea especially when in that same line they mentioned onion routing and explained traffic monitoring by comprising tor exit nodes.

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

#17

Always been a fan of this Tumblr for cataloging movie/tv UIs - http://fakeui.tumblr.com/ I think some of the entries could serve as inspiration. Think about the effect Minority Report's UX has had. It was an idea that wasn't new, but seeing it (I think well done) in a movie gives it a more concrete goal for a lot of people (tech) and a reference point for other people (non-tech).

Minority Report had almost no effect on UI as it was both internally incoherent, ergonomically untennible, and depended on non existent technology. In fact in many ways it set back the dreams of UI by teaching a generation to value nonsensical interactions and poor ergonomics over usability

> and depended on non existent technology.

Exactly why people are influenced by it.

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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post #9

The lead character feels to me like "Dexter as a Hacker".

I feel sorry for the lead character and he obviously has problems, but the wannabe CTO of EvilCorp reminds me more of Dexter. This is the first TV show I've enjoyed enough to schedule for it in a long time but that character (Tyrell Wellick[1]) is a bit too dark for comfort. [1] http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

I'm more scared of his wife - looks like she's the brains in that relationship :-)

Re: Exploring the Hacker Tools of Mr. Robot

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post #9

The lead character feels to me like "Dexter as a Hacker".

I feel sorry for the lead character and he obviously has problems, but the wannabe CTO of EvilCorp reminds me more of Dexter. This is the first TV show I've enjoyed enough to schedule for it in a long time but that character (Tyrell Wellick[1]) is a bit too dark for comfort. [1] http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0514444/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

There's also some Macbeth and Hamlet going on here.
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