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Catch Me If You Can is the Social Engineeer’s Playbook
The reality is that a lot of what hackers actually do is just social engineering in one form or another.
DENNIS FISHER · OCT 6 · 1 min
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Mark Watney: Space Hacker
Wendy Nather joins Dennis Fisher to dig into the nutrient-rich narrative soil that produced a modern classic that truly epitomizes the hacker ethos. We are the greatest podcasters on Mars!
Dennis Fisher · 1 min
Mister Decipher’s Neighborhood
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood for hacking! Come along on a magical adventure as Mr. Decipher teaches you about the dangers of brute-force attacks!
Dennis Fisher · 1 min
Is Kevin McCallister the Greatest Hacker in Movie History?
There may not be any computers in Home Alone, but few movie characters embody the old-school hacker ethos like Kevin McCallister does.
Dennis Fisher · 1 min
The Enduring Hacker Legacy of Heat
It was 30 years ago this week that Michael Mann’s masterpiece Heat hit theaters like a semi T-boning an armored car. In addition to being a masterful heist movie and insightful depiction of the toll that obsession can exact, Heat is also a criminally underrated hacker movie.
Dennis Fisher · 1 min
It’s All Just Electrons: The Enduring Legacy of Sneakers
“The world isn’t run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It’s run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It’s all just electrons.”
Dennis Fisher · 1 min
Why WarGames is Still Predicting the Future 40 Years Later
WarGames may be 42 years old but its prescience about our current technocracy and race to take humans out of the loop is as clear as ever
Dennis Fisher · 1 min
