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A friend of mine that was in Desert Storm taught me this. Of course, he was on the other side One of my favourites. Great cast. Kingsley and Redford on the ro
by CrulesAll 1y ago
A friend of mine that was in Desert Storm taught me this. Of course, he was on the other side
One of my favourites. Great cast.
Kingsley and Redford on the roof: "There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information"
- ascagnel_ 1y agoThey're not on the roof for that scene; they're in his office, using the computer room's air conditioning as a sound mask (and using a Cray Y-MP as a bench). While the movie takes some very early-90s liberties with technology (especially the scene where they use the chip), it's remarkably respectful of hacking -- there's a stronger emphasis on social engineering then the purely technical, and my "head canon" is that the chip itself is a quantum chip capable of breaking any then-known encryption.
- PhotonHunter 1y agoNo, the roof: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks
- ascagnel_ 1y agoI'm thinking of the scene where they talk about the corrupting influence of money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJMFqSV7ic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJMFqSV7ic
- ionwake 1y agoI love the way you confidently relied on your 80s film trivia memory to correct someone online without double checking. Im not being sarcastic its kinda cool.
- parenthesis 1y agoSneakers is from 1992.
- tveyben 1y agoThus the “late 80’ies”…
- signa11 1y agoearly nineties ?
- acheron 1y agoThe 80s ended in September 1991. One week “Use Your Illusion” was released, which meant it was still the 80s then. The following week “Nevermind” was released, so obviously the 90s started sometime during that week.
- nocoiner 1y agoThis is terrific, I’m totally stealing this line to drop at my next dinner party.
- otikik 1y ago
- spl757 1y agoAnyone interested in learning more about social engineering should check out "The Art of" books by legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick.
- dbg31415 1y agoOr… sticking to the theme… The Old Man and the Gun … another great film by Redford, about an elderly man who leans on his charisma and confidence to rob banks. Based on a true story.
- piltdownman 1y agoOr... The Sting! Back when Social Engineering meant wearing a hell of a suit and dodging the 'Bunco Squad'. All the elements are there: Greed, Scarcity, a sense of urgency, all legitimised by the leveraging of Social "proof". If it was remade today there'd be a good chance Redford would find Newman's character down on his luck running facebook ads for crypto scams featuring AI videos of prominent celebrities.
- piltdownman 1y agoSo much so that it arguably accelerated the introduction of the Clipper Chip by unimaginative spooks only a year later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip For me the biggest Hollywood liberty taken is the beautiful ASCII Colourized UIs for federal agencies and ATC that they reveal with the decrypt!
- sedawkgrep 1y ago> it's remarkably respectful of hacking This is one of my favorite things about the movie, and why I always recommended it to my security friends.
- kkylin 1y agoIt's also remarkably respectful of Bay Area geography -- they got the major bridges right. None of that Dustin Hoffman going the wrong way on the Bay Bridge stuff.
- sillyfluke 1y agoSeeing as this is considered remarkable by some people, it makes me want to watch a compilation of all movie scenes that were an insult to Bay Area geography. There should be a channel someplace, where each video is a compilation of a different city/landmark.
- iancmceachern 1y agoTotally, one of my dogs favorite stops on our walk is that plaza where they met the "NSA agents"
- ascagnel_ 1y agoOnly a handful of scenes were shot in the Bay Area: - https://filminglocations.fandom.com/wiki/Sneakers https://filminglocations.fandom.com/wiki/Sneakers - https://www.set-jetter.com/ontheset/sneakers https://www.set-jetter.com/ontheset/sneakers
- mbreese 1y ago> breaking any then-known encryption (Also from fuzzy memory) Any then-known Western encryption. The chip was supposedly useless on Soviet/Russian encryption techniques, thus emphasizing who exactly the chip was meant to be used against.