1/3/2023 0 Comments Divx reason core security![]() It is a requirement of any and all articles discussing hacking portrayals to bring up the scene from NCIS. By that logic, we could go around a museum and gasp in astonishment at Picasso’s mindblowing GUIs. Of course there are instances in which seeing data in a visual form may be helpful, but this is the equivalent of compiling a list of bank routing numbers and saying to yourself, “You know, I actually think this would be more clear if I used these sequences to create a paint by numbers picture of a giraffe eating some leaves.” And of course, there is the infamous Criminal Minds scene in which a character exclaims, “Her GUI is mindblowing!” as the camera zooms in on random images that depict neither hacking nor an interface. The iconic Swordfish hacking scene and any other instance in which code is portrayed as a random 3D image just defy logic. However, some renderings of hacking are far more questionable than others. Have you ever been in a collaborative Zoom meeting where someone is sharing their screen of them typing up notes in real time? That is about the same level of thrill that could be derived in a realistic hacking scene, which is almost exclusively command line. ![]() ![]() This is by far the most common trope in all hacking portrayals, and for good reason: real hacking is not interesting to look at and it can even make a hacker’s eyes bleary. The dynamic visuals of hacking movies are stunning…ly inaccurate. After careful study of this growing genre, we’ve assembled a list of hacking tropes that occur regularly. That said, there are certainly shows and films that veer only slightly from realism, while others leave it firmly in their rear-view mirror, to the point where we question if they’ve ever turned on a computer. That’s how we know that everyone in olden times spoke in British accents no matter what country they were in, people with tuberculosis casually cough up blood while otherwise carrying on as normal, and all doctors wander about in form fitting scrubs with only one patient to treat-right? In truth, we know that some liberties must be taken for the sake of keeping things exciting, and white and black hat hacking is no exception to this rule. ![]() It’s a well-known fact that TV shows and movies pride themselves on their complete and total accuracy when it comes to portraying historical events, illnesses, or jobs. ![]()
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