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Hollywood Treats Hackers Pretty Well

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sandra-bullock-on-the-other-hand dept.

angry tapir writes "According to Damian Gordon, a lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology, hackers are treated pretty well by movie-makers. Gordon studied 50 movies, produced over five decades, to help write an academic paper for the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions. The results amazed him. In the movies, most hackers aren't teenaged whiz-kids. They're professionals, over 30 years old, who work in IT."

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  1. Re:You call that well treated? by ShiningSomething · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's the same phenomenon at play in journalism. The more you know about a topic, the more you realize they have no idea what they are talking about.

  2. Sneakers by jgtg32a · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sneakers is the best hacking movie ever.