• swordsmanluke@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      Yup. The fakest thing in that movie is the MacGuffin that can z break RSA encryption.

      …Also maybe a bunch of hackers stealing a ton of govt funds, donating it to greenpeace and the NSA not immediately busting heads.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, the “magic device” they discover that makes encryption obsolete is unrealistic, as is the way it “decrypts” what shows up on their screens. But, the rest of it is really realistic, down to probing individual leads of a chip to see what kinds of signals they emit.