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Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by appleiigs on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:55PM (#19402318)
Sneakers with Robert Redford
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Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by merlincorey on Friday March 15, 2019 @02:05PM (#19402440)
Yes! Another great classic Hacker flick.
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Re:Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group by classichasclass on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:23PM (#19403257)
Sneakers worked well because it had A-list actors playing up the social engineering aspect, which an A-list actor can do. It had comparatively little meditation on the hardware and technical aspects and from a plot and longevity perspective I think that was a particular strength of the movie.
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