This 'numb3rs' episode ("Shadow Market") that is sort of about #hackers and darkweb marketplaces is just too much, too many cringe inducing moments that I want to post.

The episode starts with the feds undercover at a #hacker con called "Pentest".

Honestly, what a TV show.

"Written in leet speak"

"What?! Elite speak?!"

@realhackhistory CYBER HACKERS
@Bitquark the most dangerous kind! I knew hacking was also a golfing term but recently discovered it is also a falconry thing
https://afuturewithfalconry.org/hacking
A Future With Falconry

An online educational resource teaching about falconry and bird of prey conservation.

@realhackhistory that's actually pretty interesting! Who knew (well apart from falconers obviously...)
@Bitquark it keeps coming up in my trawls through newspaper archives, which is the only reason I know
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Wait until you see how they describe IRC
https://youtu.be/O2rGTXHvPCQ
Numb3rs' description of IRC

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@SPAM “if two boats stop in the middle of the ocean to swap illegal drugs..”
Numb3rs was a great show, at least until they ran out of content (and increasingly marginalized the female mathematician). I use this clip from its pilot to demonstrate how bad people are at generating random data:
https://infosec.exchange/@adamhotep/112440540150220075
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Adam Katz :donor: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video Do not conflate these terms! **Random:** Completely up to chance **Arbitrary:** Unexpected; *seemingly* random **Obscure:** Generally unknown; topically arbitrary Humans can't come up with things at #random; we accidentally create patterns. Use a password manager to generate your passwords and passphrases.

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@realhackhistory Hahaha! Numb3rs was great 😆😆
@pranqster so strange watching these shows now, are cop shows still like this I wonder
@realhackhistory The technical stuff hasn't improved much in recent cop shows, but I haven't come across anything quite like Numb3rs since.
@pranqster CSI: Cyber is amazing too. As in it amazes me the things they say and do.
@realhackhistory Haha! Absolutely. CSI was quite cringey.
@pranqster I watched the Kelly Osbourne is a blackhat hacker episode the other day.