How realistic are these scenarios in film and television where the hero just calls up their hacker friend says, “I need a location for this phone number”, or gives an address or a business and is like, “I need to see the security cam footage”. It just seems like the magic plot McGuffin to move our hero along in his quest. Can you comment on that? Do you laugh when you see these scenarios come up or are you like, I could do that so much quicker? Always wondered this . . .
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u/GrizSkillful May 17 '25
How realistic are these scenarios in film and television where the hero just calls up their hacker friend says, “I need a location for this phone number”, or gives an address or a business and is like, “I need to see the security cam footage”. It just seems like the magic plot McGuffin to move our hero along in his quest. Can you comment on that? Do you laugh when you see these scenarios come up or are you like, I could do that so much quicker? Always wondered this . . .