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* ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] 3'' is an example of the evil computer version—in this case, Skynet. Many of the electronic things it spreads through, like cash registers, aren't even supposed to be online, so the Terminator infects stuff with remote-control [[Nanomachines]]—and most cash registers actually do use the internet to transmit credit card information. |
* ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] 3'' is an example of the evil computer version—in this case, Skynet. Many of the electronic things it spreads through, like cash registers, aren't even supposed to be online, so the Terminator infects stuff with remote-control [[Nanomachines]]—and most cash registers actually do use the internet to transmit credit card information. |
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* The heroes of ''[[Sneakers]]'', with the super-chip they've just stolen, are able to access anything from the Federal Reserve to the national air-traffic control system. |
* The heroes of ''[[Sneakers]]'', with the super-chip they've just stolen, are able to access anything from the Federal Reserve to the national air-traffic control system. |
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** Somewhat justified in that the chip was designed specifically to decrypt U.S. Federal Government systems. However, in real life, each federal department controls its own computer systems and encryption (within certain standards [http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-2/fips1402.pdf |
** Somewhat justified in that the chip was designed specifically to decrypt U.S. Federal Government systems. However, in real life, each federal department controls its own computer systems and encryption (within certain standards [https://web.archive.org/web/20170918045147/http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-2/fips1402.pdf]). |
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* This trope is the entire plot of ''Hackers''. (Which [[Insistent Terminology|should rather be called]] ''[[The Cracker|Crackers]]''.) |
* This trope is the entire plot of ''Hackers''. (Which [[Insistent Terminology|should rather be called]] ''[[The Cracker|Crackers]]''.) |
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* ''[[WarGames]]'', probably one of the earlier instances of this trope, relies on the idea that the computer that controls the launching of nuclear missiles is accessible to anyone with a 300 baud modem. Of course, the creator of the [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|not-so evil A.I.]] put in a [[Applied Phlebotinum|backdoor password]]; [[The Password Is Always Swordfish|his son's name]]. |
* ''[[WarGames]]'', probably one of the earlier instances of this trope, relies on the idea that the computer that controls the launching of nuclear missiles is accessible to anyone with a 300 baud modem. Of course, the creator of the [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|not-so evil A.I.]] put in a [[Applied Phlebotinum|backdoor password]]; [[The Password Is Always Swordfish|his son's name]]. |
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