When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".

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Actually…. as in admin admin?

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@xs4me2 no, just some random name

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Louvre's video surveillance system password was "Louvre"…

Can’t make stuff like this up…

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Me, today: You connected WHAT to an MCP service!?

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@nina_kali_nina joke's on the entire world

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@brewski

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@xs4me2 welp, I'm not surprised, knowing about https://fedi.computernewb.com/@vncresolver

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@nina_kali_nina@tech.lmucho still cannot get my head around the idea of "negotiating" with a computer and gaslighting it with natural language, as a real hacking technique

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@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt Welcome to War Games 2026 🫠

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@brewski @nina_kali_nina the Master Control Program is meant to control everything

( https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Master_Control_Program )

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@xs4me2 @nina_kali_nina if only they'd thought to use Louvre1

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@nina_kali_nina Dabney Coleman played the first tech bro.

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@nina_kali_nina That movie was the reason my cousin was not allowed to have a modem on his Commodore 64.

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I figure there was only one computer - the computer. Not like today with a virtual machine on any lever close by to test stuff.

I think this was how things where at the time, also in reality at The Swedish Social Insurance Agency and their Bull Cobol machines - you coded in prod and just solved the thing where it was needed.
I recall this from a tour I had some 20 years ago when I was an employee but 20 years is a long time to mess upp memories so I might be wrong.

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Indeed, I would piss upon a spark plug if I thought it would improve the situation.

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@nina_kali_nina you made my day

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@nina_kali_nina in clear and present danger (1994) they also have terrible password management

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Also, a lot of the "hacking" the kid did was barely hacking. It was more just sneaking into the drawer at the office and reading the password from a piece of paper. Still a security violation, but not "hacking" in any sort of strict sense.