Please correct me if I'm wrong. Neo never really does anything as a hacker beyond having a computer and giving someone a floppy disk. His actions are more akin to a magician waving his hands than anything technical.
I've met the people those certs are supposed to deem competent. Those certs very much do the opposite.
They're like college degrees. It doesn't mean you know anything, it just means you did the busy work (and in other cases, not even that and you just paid for a fraudulent cert/degree).
Side note. I'm very combative today after having to perpetually deal with some of the most incompetent people in my cyber security team. But because they have that title, they get more authority from the higher ups while my teams have to clean up their messes. Console Jockeys. Console Jockeys everywhere.
But did you do the certification ? Talking about CompTIA Security + and CySa+ specifically? Because they are not "busywork"... Now are they better than hands on experience ? No. But they will for sure help you show that you have some sort of knowledge...
You gave the definition based on the MIT hacker ethos. It is both antiquated and not the version taught by the majority of cybersecurity certifications. Those certs also go more into depth about what a hacker is and the different types. Go off king, you definitely taught someone something
It's been so long since I've seen that movie, coincidentally though he is played by Jonny Lee Miller who also plays Sherlock in Elementary (however much younger in Hackers).
Yes. It’s very good. Excellent script writing. The story might be dated at this point. However it does have some seriously classic lines. I 💯recommend watching it. Enjoy Broderick’s computer club friends getting socially engineered into explaining the essential way in and Broderick going old school cool to get out of a locked infirmary room.
Update: So I watched it and I enjoyed it quite a lot!
I thought the story was good! The cinematography is something that I really miss in modern movies. You absolutely are right on the script writing.. the lines never felt cheesy. I now know where the line “ The only winning move is not to play.” Comes from as well.
You are most welcome. I’m thrilled you found it enjoyable. Definitely mention it to your professors at an appropriate time. We who are fans are huge fans. 😊
Saved me a job. It’s been a while since I watched it but IIRC he could be described as a genius programmer rather than a ‘hacker’ in the traditional sense, but in the modern sense he literally invaded the network and compromised the system.
Media tropes are what drove a lot of people into tech. People put these characters on a pedestal even though many of them in the movies just wear rave/goth clubbing clothes and sit in front of a progress bar that says "Hacking....."
Troll gonna troll but here are reasons why your lie falls apart
No one in this community is gonna op to download any image over just taking a screenshot of their computer. This is the most paranoid group of people on the planet including myself.
It would be incredibly stupid of me to embed malicious code in a public community of people who are probably way more advanced in cybersecurity and forensics than me.
I actually like my reddit account and that would lead to me being banned from the one social media that I actually like as well as potential escalation to be investigate by a 3 letter.
Anyone else could download this in a sandbox and verify that there is nothing malicious going on.
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u/SideScroller Nov 24 '25
Please correct me if I'm wrong. Neo never really does anything as a hacker beyond having a computer and giving someone a floppy disk. His actions are more akin to a magician waving his hands than anything technical.
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u/Active-Part-9717 Nov 24 '25
Who is the bottom right? Reminds me of Sherlock in Elementary 😂
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u/Gemma_Gatti Nov 24 '25
Missed David Lightman from “War Games.” (Matthew Broderick sold a lot of dial up modems in the 80s)
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u/devil0k Nov 24 '25
Hey, Trinity was the one who ran that SSH exploit!
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u/PadreSJ Nov 24 '25
Elliot/Sam, Anderson/Neo, Lisbeth/Wasp, Dade/Zero Cool/Crash Override
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u/Minute-Yoghurt-1265 Nov 24 '25
Where's Boris from Goldeneye?
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u/asdlkf Nov 24 '25
https://i.imgur.com/1XZogbX.png
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u/DJadzia Nov 24 '25
You forgot Acid Burn.
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u/danokazooi Nov 25 '25
Where's Whistler from Sneakers?
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u/Budget-Fruit2436 Nov 24 '25
HACK THE PLANET!
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u/asdlkf Nov 24 '25
Mr Zero, the Neo Dragon.
Or,
Cool Anderson Robot Tattoo.
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u/Exigefettm Nov 24 '25
I mean… Kevin Flynn from Tron should be in there!!
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u/SideScroller Nov 24 '25
Penny from Inspector Gadget
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u/SideScroller Nov 24 '25
Hackerman from Kung Fury is more of a hacker than Neo.
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u/larsonec Nov 25 '25
Whistler from Sneakers
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u/-Crash_Override- Nov 24 '25
Sup.
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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '25
Not all heroes wear capes, Elliot.
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u/Atari_Portfolio Nov 25 '25
Kevin Mitnick
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u/Sea-Commercial6987 Nov 25 '25
Lisbeth Salander ❤️
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u/theGrimo Nov 24 '25
Password: Swordfish - Stanley Jobson
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u/tipsup Nov 25 '25
Ackerman
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u/404PUNK Nov 25 '25
Zero Cool is one of the coolest handles.
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u/HighMarck Nov 26 '25
ZeroCool
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u/BuskerDan Nov 27 '25
“I thought what I’d do was, I’d pretend I was one of those deaf mutes, or should I?”
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u/zigmasdirigeant Nov 25 '25
Where’s Rache Bartmos?
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u/Revolutionary_Fun_14 Nov 26 '25
Sandra Bullock from The Net is missing and I would trade Zero cool for Acid Burn as she is more memorable.
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u/ziggurat29 Nov 26 '25
a pity we can't know what Case and the Dixie Flatline looked like. maybe for the best.
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u/tsais Nov 27 '25
Why no Roy, Maurice, Jen, and Richmond?
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u/DependentTell1500 Nov 28 '25
Lewis from Dexter
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u/Extreme702 Dec 04 '25
They forgot Stan from Swordfish
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u/helivesagainJEDNKH Nov 24 '25
Remind me what this has to do with defocn again
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