I do appreciate the fact that many people are thrilled and excited to talk about the movie Hackers like they are. But when asked about it, they are typically shocked that I hated the film.
Yes it was in part that by comparison to the 1992 film Sneakers (and of course reality itself) it was wildly inaccurate, but as someone who remembers Eternal September* the film Hackers became its own version of that with a massive influx of newbies on security and hacker mailing lists and USENET channels saying "Teach me how to hack" who wanted instant results and would not respond well to pointers to papers and whatnot filled with technical details. "But I want to hack, not do homework!" was a reply I remember seeing that summed up a common feeling amongst newbs. Trying to explain that the film exaggerated and was fiction simply fell on deaf ears for many.
And that is why I hate the movie Hackers. Just remembering the film Sneakers that starred Robert Redford (RIP).
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
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