Getting access to passwords then and now has always been difficult and easy at the same time. While some passwords are easy and some are very hard, eventually they will be found. Like in the film, some people are just careless and write down their passwords to very important things. The safe thing to do is to memorize it and to use a long difficult password with letters, numbers, and symbols. Hackers also have programs that can run algorithms at a ridiculous rate to figure out passwords, which is usually depicted in spy films. Weak passwords can cause major damage when figured out by the wrong person.
Communication has also changed from the time in which War Games was set in. we now have many means of communication in case any one of them fails. Using smart phones, laptops, PCs and tablets that are connected to the internet and social media connects use to anyone in the world. The classic phone call is now rarely used, especially with young adults. Chatrooms. Instant Messengers, and webcam chat programs are now the go to way to connect to another person.
Backdoors to computer programs absolutely still exist. Programmers need a quick way to access their programs or games to apply updates or patches. They must be heavily protected and changed often because if anyone else gains access to the program code, they can really mess it up and it would take a long time to find the mistake and fix it.
Big computers rooms are mainly filled with servers that contain loads of information. I once went on a high school trip to a Con Edison building in Manhattan and they had two floors just filled with severs and maintenance and updates were constantly being done.
Computers and programs that interact with us in now very popular. Siri on the iPhone is a perfect example. It can understand you and do voice to text messages. Games that change based on your pervious choices are also popular now. The video game Until Dawn is a great example on how the game changes. roll playing games also have different story lines depending on your character selection at the very beginning and then continues changing as your progress through the game.
Hi Wilson Yuquilima,
ReplyDeleteYou wrote a very interesting article about the movie we had watched. Especially you said you once went to Con Edison building in Manhattan to see all the servers in there. I will love to go there someday. I also think the point you made about weak password is definitely true. Passwords which are short and leak of diversity are very vulnerable. Hackers can early crack it with a technic called bruke-force attack. This technic simply match many combinations of words and numbers to see if it is the match. In addition, the backdoor part is very revealing. I didn't know that programmers use backdoor to maintain and update their software.
Great work!
Hello Wilson,
ReplyDeleteI have read your blog about the movie War Games and its very interesting in how you explain each thing. What is very interesting about it is the example that you use with Siri on the iPhone and how every time someone asks a question she reply's with an answer. Another good example you use is the game Until Dawn in where the player has the chance to change the story line as the player makes its own choices, making the story change as the player progress through the story.
Good Job.