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Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media

From: Damon Leung (bcdnetmyrealbox.com)
Date: Thu Sep 30 2004 - 03:58:34 CDT


How about "Takedown" - the movie about Kevin Mitnick?

Mike Andrews wrote:

>A bit off the wall, but as good a place to post this as any :)
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>I'm writing a tutorial/courseware on security (both basic topics and
>programming) and I'm looking for clips from movies or tv to introduce
>subjects - I've found that videos work well with introductions and short
>breaks to getting the audience in the right frame of mind (as well as
>getting them relaxed). So far I have the following....
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>Jurassic Park - insider threat (the programmer gets the system to bypass
>security while he steals the DNA/embryos)
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>Sneakers - Cryptography (when the team discovers it's a crypto box they
>have)
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>The Net - Personally identifiable information (main characters personal
>information is deleted)
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>War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
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>Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
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>Any other suggestions? I'm only wanting short (5min) sections, but I'm
>willing to edit bit's out if needed.
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>Cheers,
>Mike.
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>Mike Andrews
>Florida Institute of Technology
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