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by Mike Masnick




Matrix Sequel Has Hacker Cred

from the in-a-Hollywood-production?--who-knew-it-was-possible? dept

Techies seem to enjoy poking fun at various movies that try to show hackers at work - since they always get something (and often everything) wrong in a terrible Hollywood attempt to show hacking to a general audience. So, imagine their surprise to find out that some hacking scenes in the Matrix sequel (no, I still haven't seen it) seems to show real hacking tools being used properly. Considering the Wachowski brothers' attention to detail, I guess it's not that surprising.

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  1. May 16th, 2003 @ 4:44pm

    Cred?

    by Mahogeny

    Um, do you mean "creed"???

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  2. May 16th, 2003 @ 5:11pm

    Re: Cred?

    Cred = credibility

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  3. May 16th, 2003 @ 5:12pm

    Re: Cred?

    by Anonymous Coward

    No, he means credit. Did you even read the article?

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  4. May 16th, 2003 @ 5:16pm

    Re: Cred?

    by Snuf

    I'd say it was Cred, as in credit.

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  5. May 16th, 2003 @ 5:46pm

    No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward

    cred = credibility.
    as in something credible is believable or plausible, so whereas most movies hacking scenes are implausible or unbelievable, this one uses real (believeable) hacking techniques/tools, which give the film credibility with hackers. hacker cred. whee!

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  6. May 16th, 2003 @ 9:17pm

    Re: No Subject Given

    by leo

    erm, that is a typo. I believe the word is 'crud'.

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  7. May 17th, 2003 @ 8:05am

    Re: No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward

    hah

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  8. Jul 4th, 2004 @ 6:34am

    Re: Cred?

    by mohamed

    hiiiiiiiiii
    wanna chat with u

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  9. Jul 4th, 2004 @ 6:35am

    Re: Cred?hiiiiiiiiiiii

    by mohamed

    wanna chat weith u

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