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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@nina_kali_nina

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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@nina_kali_nina
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.

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@nina_kali_nina @Phracker2Art the autodialong to find the game company to breach at the beginning was the most hacking in the whole movie

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@0x00string @nina_kali_nina
I recognized it pretty much immediately as a war dialer, which is the equivalent of using a port scanner today

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@Phracker2Art @nina_kali_nina yep! which i always thought "yeah, thats some real boring hacking there!" but then it went all thriller movie lol. still one of my top 5 favorite computer movies though

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@0x00string @nina_kali_nina
Actually, I would say the coolest hacking thing he did was when he digitally picked the lock to escape from the room he was being held in at that government building. That was more impressive to me than any of the other stuff.

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@nina_kali_nina @Phracker2Art OH SHIT I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT! yes, hard agree that is the best hacking in the movie, and still pretty realistic tbh

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@nina_kali_nina Good point. It's more realistic than I thought.

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@Phracker2Art @nina_kali_nina that's classic social engineering, the most basic and effective form of hacking

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@brooke @nina_kali_nina
Sure, it's social engineering, but there's no actual exploits involved.