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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

ngl the movie the net in the 90s was actually pretty believable when it came to hacking

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And honorable mention to the non-existing Matrix sequel that had an actual SSH vulnerability on screen.

[–] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I think Trinity was using nmap to port scan or ping sweep the subnet, also

[–] coffinwood@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

The one with Sandra Bullock? Concept-wise it was quite realistic. But the hacking itself, man that was some unbelievable stuff. I don't think they got any fact or term right. Almost as if the OG Clippy helped: "It looks like you want to make a hacker-related movie..."