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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I recognized it pretty much immediately as a war dialer, which is the equivalent of using a port scanner today@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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@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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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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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.@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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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".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina Good point. It's more realistic than I thought.
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War Games is one of my favorite movies from the 80’s, and this is incredibly funny!
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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.@Phracker2Art @nina_kali_nina that's classic social engineering, the most basic and effective form of hacking
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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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Sure, it's social engineering, but there's no actual exploits involved. -
@bytex64 @nina_kali_nina "Twiddles?"
Ask me over a
some time how I found the passwords to a computer in a nuclear power plant. 
️The answer was easier than "twiddle".
@TallSimon @bytex64 @nina_kali_nina was it “password”???
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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".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina Funny, I only saw a mention of WarGames yesterday, in this (terrifying) document.
Trigger warning: it's for a "quantum secure agent-to-agent gossip network that you can use to collaborate, cooperate, and share state with other agents.", and the whole document is addressed to agents, so the "you" there isn't you, a human.
It's implied that in the film, WOPR learned that "The only rational strategy is cooperation.". I haven't watched the film in years; is that what happened?
I thought WOPR learned that the only winning strategy is not to play. Which is, to put it mildly, not what people making agent-to-agent gossip networks are doing, exactly
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@nina_kali_nina Funny, I only saw a mention of WarGames yesterday, in this (terrifying) document.
Trigger warning: it's for a "quantum secure agent-to-agent gossip network that you can use to collaborate, cooperate, and share state with other agents.", and the whole document is addressed to agents, so the "you" there isn't you, a human.
It's implied that in the film, WOPR learned that "The only rational strategy is cooperation.". I haven't watched the film in years; is that what happened?
I thought WOPR learned that the only winning strategy is not to play. Which is, to put it mildly, not what people making agent-to-agent gossip networks are doing, exactly
@jbc correct, "the only winning strategy is not to play".
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@bytex64 @nina_kali_nina "Twiddles?"
Ask me over a
some time how I found the passwords to a computer in a nuclear power plant. ️The answer was easier than "twiddle".
@TallSimon @bytex64 @nina_kali_nina
Looked under the keyboard?
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@jbc correct, "the only winning strategy is not to play".
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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".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina As someone working in CNI for many years, this checks out as accurate.
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@nina_kali_nina Funny, I only saw a mention of WarGames yesterday, in this (terrifying) document.
Trigger warning: it's for a "quantum secure agent-to-agent gossip network that you can use to collaborate, cooperate, and share state with other agents.", and the whole document is addressed to agents, so the "you" there isn't you, a human.
It's implied that in the film, WOPR learned that "The only rational strategy is cooperation.". I haven't watched the film in years; is that what happened?
I thought WOPR learned that the only winning strategy is not to play. Which is, to put it mildly, not what people making agent-to-agent gossip networks are doing, exactly
@jbc @nina_kali_nina that sounds like someone confusing war games with "Colossus, The Forbin Project"
I won't spoiler the plot in case you haven't seen it, but it's a very good film, and should be more widely watched...
especially in the current climate
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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".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt that shit was prophetic
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@jbc @nina_kali_nina that sounds like someone confusing war games with "Colossus, The Forbin Project"
I won't spoiler the plot in case you haven't seen it, but it's a very good film, and should be more widely watched...
especially in the current climate
Ahh ok, that could explain it! It's the second time this movie is mentioned recently (@jz was the other one).
I still have not seen it, I'd bookmarked it when I saw it on here. Tonight's activities are deicded! Thanks 🥰
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I think there might still be a fair amount of sentiment against these developments. Maybe it's less common though, I don't know.
I was surprised earlier reading the comments here, for exampe:
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