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#22Wasn't this already done in a truly exemplary fashion by Hackers (1995)?
I wish there was another movie like Hackers. Accurate depictions are boring.
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#24Wasn't this already done in a truly exemplary fashion by Hackers (1995)?
Hackers is in my world reality.
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#26They seem to be on the right track as far as threat aspect. Unfortunately, the fundraising probably won't make it in time. The truth about a "hacker" is not the scripts they run or, the code they bash on the keyboard. It is the lifestyle & the methodology that drives every thought the enters their minds. They think by scale, from the smallest fundamental interaction of electrons and strings, to the largest interactio…
You're very right about hackers. It's a mindset. I just found this project a few days ago, but I think Jonathan Schiefer gets this basic notion. Here's an interview that shows this quite clearly.
http://youtu.be/o9iS0Khm7XA
His reason for making this film is to show how empowering the hacker way of thinking is, that great things are possible with the right mindset
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#27If only he would have mentioned who is going to act as his actual advisor when it comes to what 'hacking' really is these days.
Yeah if you want to get an accurate portrayal and clear up media inventions, you might want to start with the right name of what you're portraying.
I think he did pick the right word. At first the "hacking" vs "cracking" term thing came to my mind too. However, seeing him talk about hacking being about seeing the world in a certain way, finding something you want to change and then doing it without the need to ask permission.
This film does involve cracking, but these characters from what I can see are true hackers as well. In the Bitchan interview, she may be a phreeker, but she's also definitely a maker.
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#28Root kit which can monitor your email and social networks.
Oh no! Are you telling me that someone can read my plain text emails or check my facebook for what I publicly post there!?
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#29Wasn't this already done in a truly exemplary fashion by Hackers (1995)?
A good choice, but no movie ever made will ever top Sneakers.
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#30Adding in all of the computer screens in post-production to make sure you get the code right?
(1) Un-necessary (2) Expensive (3) No one really cares (4) If you know you're going to fuck it up, why not just plan and do it right the first time?
Very few people will pause a movie to read code, and those people are such a small demographic, that to make them a target audience to the point that you're willing to go off the deep end on the film budget seems absurd.