Just for once, I’d like to see Gibbs ask how soon to decrypt the laptop, and Abby tell him, “Literally about 3 million years”.
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Submitted 4 weeks ago by throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Passwords in movies NEVER adhere to best practices. They’re virtually always a word or phrase that’s all lowercase, has no numbers, no punctuation, etc.
Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Unless it’s a phone in which case it probably has no password at all!
yesman@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I learned this week that Microsoft keeps a copy of your keys when you encrypt your hdd with their software. So you don’t need a black hat, all you need is a subpoena.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
To be fair, if microsoft didnt automatically backup the keys, a simple BIOS/UEFI setting change, or windows update could trip the Secure Boot settings, which would clear all the TPM keys from the system, which means the sysyem would prompt you for the recovery key. I think people value being able retain access to their data over encryption. And to Microsoft’s credit, its not exactly a secret, they literally tell you that the key will be uploaded.
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
a simple BIOS/UEFI setting change, or windows update could trip the Secure Boot settings they could work around that though, but I still agree that backing up the passphrase to an arguably safe online system is good
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Only a stupid cybercriminal would use Windows
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Or a smart one knowing exactly what they can and can’t do touching Windows.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Plot armor applies to anything and everything that must be protected for the plot to move forward. The systems of the protagonist are untouchable while the systems of the villain can be hacked in a few minutes.
What’s the opposite of armor though? Some sort of weakness maybe? Why does the villain live in an underground bunker that is made out of dynamite or something extremely flammable? The protagonist never has comical weaknesses like that, while the villain has several.
sprite0@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
you could say the same about padlocks in movies
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Star Wars EU was nice, some kind of a universe where asymmetric encryption is much less certain than IRL, but at the same time if something is encrypted and you don’t have a key or a lot of power, having a “hacker” (a “slicer”, an “icebreaker”, whatever) won’t help.
That wasn’t intentional probably, just necessary for good writing. Writer’s skill and intelligence usually affect their understanding of computers, if they are writing science fiction.
Except, of course, for a few stupider than most places. “Wraith Squadron”'s bothan hacker being the worst.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Cryptography in movies is more akin to magic than to actual cryptography.
Bezier@suppo.fi 4 weeks ago
Whoever mashes the keyboard best.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
While speaking the proper expositional incantations.
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
& computers generally O.O’
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Aren’t most things if you know more in those fields than the average joe?