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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One of the funnier ones is that the matrix actually did hacking right. It was also so quick you don't notice it.

When Trinity hacks into the power station, it's legit. She checks the software version, which shows an out of date version. She then uses a known flaw in that version to reset the password.

It's the only bit of actual hacking in the movie. They obviously knew that geeks would be checking it frame by frame, so they actually did their homework on it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hackers shows "real hacking" in the form of social engineering, dumpster diving for passwords, as well as the bit about the pay phones that, once was true if maybe not by the time the movie came out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/7438870

And it was actually 0day when the production company made the scene...