Cybercrime and Hollywood

[pp111]

I thought it was interesting to compare the Hollywood image of the supreme hackers PC against the real hackers PC ...

And the reality ..

 

[Deleted User 298457]

ITT Hackers use Windows Vista certified monitors

 

[touch]

ITT Hackers use Windows Vista certified monitors

And, of course, every hacker needs a soldering iron! Gotta be able to rewire a computer yourself to unlock the secret hacker features.

3.5" floppy drive

 

[peterwalkley]

Every hacker uses a mac in hollywood.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

A much better Hollywood representation of a hacker...

 

[mrk]

 

[Hades]

Shall we play a game?

 

[Ahleckz]

ITT Hackers use Windows Vista certified monitors

ITT I learnt that I'm a hacker...

 

[Judgeneo]

Within the cyber security industry, this is often known as the "CSI effect". Its something you have to work against when talking to businesses who think hacking is some magic concept thanks to its media depiction

 

[d_brennen]

Modern hacking: ask the receptionist for the wifi password

 

[Diddums]

 

[wolfie138]

The Mr Robot team made every effort to keep away from as many Holywood hacker tropes as possible.

 

[something daft already!!]

The Mr Robot team made every effort to keep away from as many Holywood hacker tropes as possible.

It still became an unwatchable mess though lol.

 

[G J]

Within the cyber security industry, this is often known as the "CSI effect". Its something you have to work against when talking to businesses who think hacking is some magic concept thanks to its media depiction

Its the same with people who work in security and show people CCTV and then get surprised when the image quailty gets worse when zoomed in.

If something in the image is unreadable in the normal view why would it all the sudden become readable when zoomed in.

 

[Yaayuh!]

"CSI effect"

 

[Judgeneo]

Yup thats the source of the term

 

[Quartz]

IIRC the Acorn Archimedes GUI was written in BASIC.

 

[gailjon]

Perhaps the worst hacking we saw on TV was from 'Scorpion'. They hack everything and everything gets hacked.

 

[Angilion]

Within the cyber security industry, this is often known as the "CSI effect". Its something you have to work against when talking to businesses who think hacking is some magic concept thanks to its media depiction

It's not magic, it's just hitting random keys quickly in short bursts while being distracted, socially awkward and at least a bit weird to show how utterly focused you are

 

[cu3ed]

WHat show was it that they are being hacked and two of them share one keyboard, that cracks me up everytime.