Escape to the Movies: Blackhat - Haxxor
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I never saw either Hackers or the Net.
Maybe I should pick those up and see what they look like today.
Maybe I should pick those up and see what they look like today.
ouch, not one of Mann's best. Whatever, I can take a blemish or two. Still need to watch Mohicans
I had no idea why, I just had this feeling that this movie was gonna be shit. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, it looks like I was right.
Oh no... you brought up GAMERGATE and 8chan, bob! Have you realized what a Pandora's Box you've opened in the comments section?!
"Doxxing and harrassment are the real dangers of the net."
This was just said by an adult human in the year 2015.
This was just said by an adult human in the year 2015.
Hackers is amazing and has a lot of great references to everything outside of their actual computer use (rainbow books, pulse dialing, social engineering, virus/exploit references, password selection...). Think of the screensaver hacking as more of a metaphor for what's going on in their head and it's palatable enough.Burnouts3s3 said:
Fantastic soundtrack as well. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsC94MPfslQ]
(tangental, but Steins;Gate [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1910272/] has the most realistic hacker I've ever seen on a show)
Uhh...'hat'-designated hackers don't dox or swat people.
Whitehats work with firms as mercenaries to identify and fix flaws.
Blackhats create/find flaws in the digital mainframes of firms and sell off that information to the highest bidder(or they expose those flaws as an anti-establishment statement, see: Wikileaks)
Greyhats are a mix of both: they create flaws but they then tell the firm in question that the flaw was 'always present in the code' and they get paid for resolving it.
It seems that Bob shouldn't be one to talk of Mann's obliviousness when it comes to the dynamics of hacking, since what he sees as 'srs bsns' is stuff that is mostly done by script kiddies.
Whitehats work with firms as mercenaries to identify and fix flaws.
Blackhats create/find flaws in the digital mainframes of firms and sell off that information to the highest bidder(or they expose those flaws as an anti-establishment statement, see: Wikileaks)
Greyhats are a mix of both: they create flaws but they then tell the firm in question that the flaw was 'always present in the code' and they get paid for resolving it.
It seems that Bob shouldn't be one to talk of Mann's obliviousness when it comes to the dynamics of hacking, since what he sees as 'srs bsns' is stuff that is mostly done by script kiddies.
Bob, let's be honest here. We see the ads. Tell us what you REALLY thought about the movie.
Personally, I'd rather see a movie about Thor fighting cyber criminals . . . nevermind. That's Age of Ultron.
Personally, I'd rather see a movie about Thor fighting cyber criminals . . . nevermind. That's Age of Ultron.
Considering people are using doxxes to call in swattings and, going so far as to make detailed calls claiming someone has weapons, bombs, is depressed and likely to kill people in order to ensure the cops fingers are on the triggers, yeah, its f***ing dangerous. the only reason (so far) there haven't been fatalities is that Doxxed individuals have had the forethought to contact and warn their local police.Amaror said:
"If the Oscars were any whiter, they'd be transparent."
So, wait. We're supposed to judge them on their skin color first, and then apparent talent second? Because there was this one time someone said "I have a dream ..... where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" or in this case the character of their character. I guess Bob doesn't care about that or something.
So, wait. We're supposed to judge them on their skin color first, and then apparent talent second? Because there was this one time someone said "I have a dream ..... where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" or in this case the character of their character. I guess Bob doesn't care about that or something.
