This movie tries to hard to seem technically correct, and in doing that it kinda alienate a more technically oriented person. I see how the movie could be somehow entertaining to a person not very familiar with technology, but from a personal standpoint I found this movie to be extremely poor.
There are a few things that are really obvious, and make the movie a really bad experience (warning - spoilers): 1. They could have stopped the website by contacting the major internet providers or ICANN and have the domain redirect to a black hole (similar to the Pakistani incident involving YouTube a few weeks ago). 2. The little girl has downloaded what seems to be a very obvious Playstation game onto a PC. You can see the fact it's a Playstation game from the control scheme on the screen (Circle, Square, X, Triangle). 3. Some of the computers used at work by the agents use trackballs instead of mice. I realize that trackballs look better and more techy, but no real "hacker" uses a trackball. 4. What kind of internet security expert gives full administrator privileges to their daughter, on the same computer they keep their work related files (Classified). 5. What kind of servers were exploited by this guy. I mean they had like 2-3 million hits a minute, with streaming video. I don't think that the dude infected a YouTube server farm. There is no way that a single server can handle all that traffic. And if there were multiple servers, there had to be a way to balance the traffic, which would be really tough. Exactly how many computers did he exploit, that blocking traffic from all those IPs was not an option. 6. There is no way to hack into somebody's car by remote. It has to be done from the car itself, and there is no way to program something like a power outage at a certain time. How did he power the satellite tracking if the entire car had no power ? If the car had no power, how was she able to stop and steer the car ? It should be extremely difficult to control a vehicle without power steering and power brakes.
I am sure there are other tech glitches I do not remember at this time, but I am sure they were not as obvious.
I did not enjoy this movie at all, because it tried to hard to be technologically correct. I am sure other people will enjoy the movie (I thought there was some hope for the movie in the less techy parts). If you're a geek I strongly don't recommend it, unless you want to see some tech comedy. Everyone else, give it a try. You might like it.
There are a few things that are really obvious, and make the movie a really bad experience (warning - spoilers): 1. They could have stopped the website by contacting the major internet providers or ICANN and have the domain redirect to a black hole (similar to the Pakistani incident involving YouTube a few weeks ago). 2. The little girl has downloaded what seems to be a very obvious Playstation game onto a PC. You can see the fact it's a Playstation game from the control scheme on the screen (Circle, Square, X, Triangle). 3. Some of the computers used at work by the agents use trackballs instead of mice. I realize that trackballs look better and more techy, but no real "hacker" uses a trackball. 4. What kind of internet security expert gives full administrator privileges to their daughter, on the same computer they keep their work related files (Classified). 5. What kind of servers were exploited by this guy. I mean they had like 2-3 million hits a minute, with streaming video. I don't think that the dude infected a YouTube server farm. There is no way that a single server can handle all that traffic. And if there were multiple servers, there had to be a way to balance the traffic, which would be really tough. Exactly how many computers did he exploit, that blocking traffic from all those IPs was not an option. 6. There is no way to hack into somebody's car by remote. It has to be done from the car itself, and there is no way to program something like a power outage at a certain time. How did he power the satellite tracking if the entire car had no power ? If the car had no power, how was she able to stop and steer the car ? It should be extremely difficult to control a vehicle without power steering and power brakes.
I am sure there are other tech glitches I do not remember at this time, but I am sure they were not as obvious.
I did not enjoy this movie at all, because it tried to hard to be technologically correct. I am sure other people will enjoy the movie (I thought there was some hope for the movie in the less techy parts). If you're a geek I strongly don't recommend it, unless you want to see some tech comedy. Everyone else, give it a try. You might like it.