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My fellow Americans,
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no hacker should be able to
shut down our networks...
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A massive attack.
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Data is inaccessible.
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Or invade the privacy
of American families.
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You're being watched and recorded.
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I urge this Congress
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to protect our children's information.
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Dear brothers and sisters,
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now is the time to open your eyes.
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I started intercepting all
the traffic on your network.
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That's when I noticed something strange.
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That's when I decided to hack you.
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We are fsociety!
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We are finally free!
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We are on the verge
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of taking down this virtual reality.
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Exciting time in the world
right now, exciting time.
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So this is what a revolution looks like.
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Why did you do it?
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I wanted to save the world.
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"Mr. Robot,"
USA's Golden Globe
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and Peabody award-winning original drama
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about a vigilante hacker with
a mission to change the world
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has engaged audiences
like no other show.
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"Mr. Robot" won two Golden Globes,
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three Critics' Choice Awards,
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but what really says something
about "Mr. Robot" is
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fans found this show even
before the critics showed up,
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even before the awards showed up.
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Its realistic portrayal
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of a world where
information is vulnerable,
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everyone is being watched, and
anyone can be compromised
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has fueled its rise as
a cultural phenomenon.
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"Mr. Robot" comes at a time
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where you can't turn on the television
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or read a newspaper without hearing
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about some massive corporate
or government hack.
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But how much of the world
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portrayed by "Mr. Robot" is possible?
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A lot more than you might think.
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Over the next hour, we'll examine
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what's truly at risk in our
technology-obsessed world.
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The only completely secure computer
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is a computer that no one can use.
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We'll talk
to the creator and cast
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as well as pop culture experts
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about why "Mr. Robot" has
resonated so powerfully.
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Something incredibly prophetic
happened on the show,
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almost, you know, weeks away
from it happening in real life.
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And through
unprecedented access
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to cybersecurity experts
and real-life hackers,
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we'll reveal how "Mr. Robot" is
mirroring real-world scenarios
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if not outright predicting them.
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You look at the hacks that
played out in season one...
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gaining access to Steel Mountain,
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bumping next to someone
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to steal and clone
their proximity badge,
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getting a backdoor in a phone...
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all of those are hacks that
we read about in the news
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every week now.
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Plus, we'll also discuss
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what's in store for season two.
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The second season... it's very
different from season one.
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This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
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And the Golden Globe goes to...
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"Mr. Robot." Yep.
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"Mr. Robot"
is the brainchild
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of creator Sam Esmail.
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"Mr. Robot" is about this
sort of modern society
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and the way we're so
dependent on technology
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just to even socialize,
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so it's really about this
guy who cannot connect,
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and the only way he does
so is by hacking people.
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"Mr. Robot" tells
the story of Elliot Alderson.
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By night, he's a socially withdrawn
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but gifted computer hacker
who uses his skills
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to expose the misdeeds of others.
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Wait, hold on. I'll give you the money.
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I'll pay you.
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How much do you want? I'll pay you.
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That's the part you were
wrong about, Rohit.
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I don't give a shit about money.
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By day, he's
a cybersecurity expert
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who's been recruited by
the mysterious Mr. Robot
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to bring down the very corporation
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he was hired to protect.
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What if you could take
down one conglomerate,
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a conglomerate so deeply entrenched
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in the world's economy
that "too big to fail"
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doesn't even come close
to describing it?
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Together, with
the hacker group fsociety,
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he succeeds in crippling the
world's most powerful firm,
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setting in motion a global crisis
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beyond anyone's control.
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Evil Corp, the people of the world
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who have been enslaved
by you have been freed.
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Your financial data has been destroyed.
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"Mr. Robot" features
a stellar ensemble cast
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led by the Critics' Choice
Award winner for Best Actor,
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Rami Malek.
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Getting in Elliot's head,
as odd as it seems,
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is, you know, something I really enjoy,
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you know, to go into his psychosis,
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what he's suffering through,
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the good in him, the bad, the ugly.
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All of it is... it's
something that consumes me.
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Christian Slater,
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winner of the Golden Globe Award
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for Best Supporting Actor, plays Mr.
Robot.
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The relationship between Mr.
Robot and Elliot...
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you know, this character, Mr. Robot,
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comes into his life and
lures him into his world
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to become part of this team of people
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that are really looking
to change society.
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I tried to protect you, son,
but they caught up to us.
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What are you talking about?
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That's Darlene and Angela.
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Elliot, who are you talking to?
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What do you mean? I'm talking to...
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This dark and edgy series,
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with its cinematic style and
unpredictable plotlines,
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has struck a chord with viewers.
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The world of hacking really
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is sort of an obscure world
to the general population,
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so the fact that we broke
out in any way like that
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is incredibly shocking.
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Kate Coyne,
executive editor at "People,"
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and Emily Yoshida,
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entertainment editor at "The Verge,"
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have closely followed "Mr. Robot's" rise
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to prominence in pop culture.
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I think "Mr. Robot"
made such an impression
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because of the timeliness.
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It's inspired big debates
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that went beyond the events of the show.
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I think that's always the sign of a show
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that is meaningful for the
time in which it's being made.
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The things that concern us,
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the big ideas that concern
us at any given era...
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I think "Mr. Robot"
really taps into that.
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This is very much a show
that could only exist
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in a post-WikiLeaks world.
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You know, everybody, I think,
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probably suspects that, on some level,
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what they're doing is being
watched or recorded.
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When a cry goes up about the NSA
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or about Edward Snowden or something,
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a lot of people practically
just shrug, like,
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"Yeah, yeah, probably...
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you're probably listening
to my cell calls."
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That's crazy, but that's the
state that we're in now.
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Anybody can hack into anything.
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His was the easiest to hack.
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Password was 123456Seven.
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I witnessed his first "I love you"
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with Angela over Gchat.
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Then I witnessed the first
of many infidelities
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with Stella B.
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Everything about us is all digital.
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It's all in a cloud.
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Now you can go get somebody's
social security, fingerprints,
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images, everything.
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You can literally take
over their entire life.
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That's frightening.
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It's not like they're talking about it
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in science-fiction terms.
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What they're tackling is something
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that's actually currently,
right now happening.
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Coming up on "Mr.
Robot dec0d3d,"
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we'll take a deeper look at the
rise of hacking culture...
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There's always been a little bit
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of wish fulfillment to hacker stories
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in that they are the sort
of modern superheroes.
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And learn
how a Hollywood movie
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alerted a president to the
dangers of cybersecurity.
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Plus, we'll also discuss
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what's in store for season two.
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But first, a word from
our corporate overlords!
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Come on, kid. We got
big things in store.
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Big things.
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"Mr. Robot's"
authentic portrayal
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of computer hacking has alerted us
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to the real-world dangers we all face.
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Now we'll find out just
how much we're at risk.
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This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
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How about Global Thermonuclear War?
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In 1983,
the movie "WarGames"
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forever changed the way
we would look at hacking.
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Ronald Reagan was apparently
shown the movie "WarGames,"
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and he commissioned, you
know, a study as to:
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Is this actually possible?
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And everybody was
expecting the answer was,
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"No, you can't start, you know,
a global thermonuclear war
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"just by dialing up, you know,
a computer accidentally
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and getting it to talk to you."
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And unfortunately, the
answer came back going,
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"Well, um, this is a little
more possible than we thought."
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"WarGames" also spawned
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a whole new generation of hackers.
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I mean, I remember being a kid
and watching Matthew Broderick
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do all that and going,
"That's really cool.
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That's really awesome," you know?
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And, by the way, he saved the world.
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It's the first time that you
saw Hollywood trying to depict
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what people could do with computers
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that went beyond just playing
games and sending emails
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and got me even more excited in
computers and computer hacking.
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What is hacking? Who hacks?
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How and why is it executed?
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To get the answers, we went
to world-renowned specialists
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in the field of cybersecurity
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and to the foremost
experts on the subject,
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the hackers themselves.
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Everybody has a different answer
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on what a hacker is or what
is a hack, but for me,
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it comes down to making
technology do stuff
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it was never meant to do.
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The show "Mr. Robot"
I'm particular fond of
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because they point out how, oftentimes,
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it's very simplistic,
the hacking mechanism.
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Sometimes it's having physical access,
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so you can swap a SIM out in a phone.
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Other times, it's social engineering.
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It's not that they cracked
some code or some encryption.
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It's that they sent an email,
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and they misrepresented
who they were, they...
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and got you to click on an attachment
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and run the code for them
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or that they called up on the phone
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and pretended that they were,
you know, a technical person
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to get you to give information.
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Hello?
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Hi, this is Sam from Bank of
E security fraud department.
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Unfortunately, I have to inform you
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that your account's been compromised.
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What? What happened?
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First, before I can
answer any questions,
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I need to verify some information.
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Are you still at 306 Hawthorne Avenue?
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Yes, apartment 2C.
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Great, and your security question,
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favorite baseball team.
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Um, Yankees.
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I don't remember this being
a security question.
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And lastly, your pet's name.
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Um, Flipper. Uh, who am I speaking to?
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Can I get your name and numb...
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With those details plus a
dictionary brute-force attack,
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it'll take my program maybe two minutes
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to crack his password.
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The last five, ten years,
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hacking has become like a new superpower
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that hasn't been invented,
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and because of everyone's
reliance on technology
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and all your personal
information being online,
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this power just sort of came about.
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Hacking her was simple.
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Her password: Dylan 2791.
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Favorite artist
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and the year in which she
was born, backwards.
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People are horrible at being
sources of randomness,
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so, you know, somebody might think,
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"Oh, I used my dog's
name, my baby's name,
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and the birth... and the birth date."
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That's a horrible password.
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It might seem complicated to you,
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but we know how you think
because you're a human,
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and humans are predictable.
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This doesn't make sense.
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Did he know I was gonna hack him?
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Did he let me?
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I'm gonna need to wipe everything.
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"Hackers," you know, it
used to be a nasty word.
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It was, like, synonymous
with "criminal,"
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but now they're part of the system.
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But not all hackers
are cut from the same cloth.
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So a white hat hacker is one
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who would be hired by a corporation
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to hack their systems
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for the sole purpose
of finding the flaws,
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whereas black hat... there's
no permission whatsoever,
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and it's usually for malicious purposes.
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And then there's the middle ground,
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which is grey hat.
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Hello, Evil Corp. We are fsociety.
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Over the years, we've been watching you:
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your financial abuse of the poor,
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your corruption of governments,
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your cover-ups of the murder
of innocent ordinary citizens
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all for the sake of profit.
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This is why we at fsociety
have decided you must die.
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I would characterize the
members of fsociety
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as probably falling into that grey area
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because, while their
intentions are good,
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they are doing highly illegal things.
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The entire company's gonna be reeling
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from all the data dumps we've
got in store for them,
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and, man, do we have some goodies.
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Some good old-fashioned
executive racism,
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sexism, fascism.
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Trust me... we are gonna
"ism" so much all over them,
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they won't be able to see straight.
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Unlike their motives,
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there are many psychological
traits that hackers share.
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Elliot, he's probably
depicted more accurate
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than I've seen in a long time,
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not just for the technical capabilities
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and how it is but the actual,
like, psychological profile.
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He's got that young hacker vibe.
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And then his involvement in
how he feels about society
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and that counter culture I
think is very accurate.
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I hate when I can't
hold in my loneliness.
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This crying's been happening too often,
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every other week now.
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What do normal people do
when they get this sad?
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He's such a complicated character.
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He's full of contradictions.
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He hates what society has become,
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but he also wants to save it.
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He looks down on the people
that he cares about,
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but then he also protects them.
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His abandonment issues
are actually something
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that I believe personally
and I've seen in my work.
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I think it is a big motivator
on why people get into hacking.
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Elliot's, you know, trapped in a bubble.
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He's very lonely. He doesn't know how
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to connect with people, so
he hacks into their lives.
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I think all of us to a certain degree
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can connect with that
type of loneliness,
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and the need to maybe not be so robotic
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and have more of a human
connection with one another.
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I like you, bro,
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and I want you to like me too.
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Am I crazy not to like this guy?
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Amongst some of his Facebook likes
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are George W. Bush's "Decision Points,"
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"Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen,"
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and the music of Josh Groban.
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Must I really justify
myself any further?
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When you're socially awkward,
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or you're worried about
people judging you,
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you have all these anxieties
that just aren't there
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when you're in front of a computer.
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It's a lot harder to talk to people
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than it is to deal with
a piece of software.
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But when
hackers do come together
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and groups are formed, leaders emerge.
349
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You want to talk about reality?
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We haven't lived in anything
remotely close to it
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since the turn of the century.
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We turned it off, took
out the batteries,
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snacked on a bag of GMOs
while we tossed the remnants
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in the ever-expanding dumpster
of the human condition.
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We live in branded houses,
trademarked by corporations,
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built on bipolar numbers.
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In every hacker group
there's this leader that,
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online they're quiet,
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they're hidden in the background,
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but when you meet them they're
actually really extroverted
361
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and, like, passionate and principled.
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I didn't want to hurt you, Romero.
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I just wanted you to come
back to the arcade with me
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so we could change the world together.
365
00:14:48,723 --> 00:14:50,560
It is this
instigator mentality
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that forms the basis of Mr.
Robot's character.
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Do I think Elliot needs Mr. Robot?
368
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I think he's a vital element
to Elliot's survival.
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He is that darker side that
will sometimes do things
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that Elliot otherwise would
be incapable of doing.
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Coming up, we'll
explore the eerie ways
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"Mr. Robot" parallels the real world.
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The Sony hack got a lot of notoriety.
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The Ashley Madison hack
got a lot of notoriety.
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Our show is getting a lot of notoriety
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because of the real world connections.
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Plus, we'll also discuss
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what's in store for season two.
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00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:29,565
We kind of, like, press the
gas pedal down really hard.
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Gotten to know my stunt
double more this season,
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so that might say something.
382
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This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
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"Mr. Robot's"
authentic portrayal
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of computer hacking has alerted us
385
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to the real-world dangers we all face.
386
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Now we'll find out just
how much we're at risk.
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00:15:49,435 --> 00:15:51,632
This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
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00:15:53,543 --> 00:15:56,282
This kid should not be
allowed to do what he did.
389
00:15:56,315 --> 00:15:59,354
He hacked into my private life.
390
00:15:59,387 --> 00:16:02,325
And then those Ashley
Madison dumps happened.
391
00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,299
My wife found out about
everything anyway.
392
00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:06,433
She left me.
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00:16:06,467 --> 00:16:07,635
In a year
in which we've seen
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a record number of cyber attacks,
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00:16:09,807 --> 00:16:12,912
"Mr. Robot's" timeliness
is almost uncanny.
396
00:16:12,946 --> 00:16:14,349
I don't know that a TV show
397
00:16:14,381 --> 00:16:16,452
can necessarily predict the future,
398
00:16:16,486 --> 00:16:19,458
but certainly, they can hold a mirror up
399
00:16:19,491 --> 00:16:21,727
to the direction in which we're headed.
400
00:16:21,761 --> 00:16:23,164
And while some storylines
401
00:16:23,198 --> 00:16:24,967
are ripped from the headlines,
402
00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:27,939
other times, "Mr.
Robot" was there first.
403
00:16:27,972 --> 00:16:30,109
There were two instances on "Mr. Robot"
404
00:16:30,144 --> 00:16:34,217
where something incredibly
prophetic happened on the show
405
00:16:34,251 --> 00:16:37,892
weeks away from it
happening in real life.
406
00:16:37,925 --> 00:16:39,895
The Ashley Madison hacks were one.
407
00:16:39,929 --> 00:16:42,098
You know, one of the escorts was 15.
408
00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:49,112
And then the other one was the
shooting of the news anchor
409
00:16:49,145 --> 00:16:53,419
in Virginia that happened
so close to a similar event
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00:16:53,453 --> 00:16:54,555
happening on "Mr. Robot"
411
00:16:54,589 --> 00:16:57,327
that the finale had to be delayed a week
412
00:16:57,361 --> 00:16:58,796
just out of sensitivity.
413
00:16:58,831 --> 00:17:01,336
These aren't just isolated incidences
414
00:17:01,369 --> 00:17:02,972
that exist in a bubble.
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00:17:03,005 --> 00:17:06,111
These are things that are
symptoms of larger things
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00:17:06,144 --> 00:17:07,480
going on in our society.
417
00:17:07,514 --> 00:17:09,684
Colby either used hacking groups
418
00:17:09,717 --> 00:17:11,621
or worked in conjunction with them.
419
00:17:11,653 --> 00:17:13,790
I think a lot of "Mr.
Robot" and the hacks in it
420
00:17:13,824 --> 00:17:15,193
kind of reflect reality.
421
00:17:15,227 --> 00:17:16,228
It's happening, it's happening,
422
00:17:16,263 --> 00:17:17,866
it's happening, it's happening.
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00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:21,171
The hacks that are happening
every week in the real world
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00:17:21,205 --> 00:17:23,842
are stranger than fiction almost.
425
00:17:27,583 --> 00:17:29,286
Power plants hacked,
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00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,626
a movie not released because
North Korea was upset,
427
00:17:32,659 --> 00:17:34,263
some of the biggest
retailers in the world
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00:17:34,296 --> 00:17:36,333
lose millions and millions
worth of credit cards or data,
429
00:17:36,365 --> 00:17:39,204
hospitals shut down because
all their files got encrypted
430
00:17:39,238 --> 00:17:41,208
by someone trying to get
ransom out of them.
431
00:17:41,242 --> 00:17:44,147
These all sound like the storylines
432
00:17:44,180 --> 00:17:46,652
of a TV show about hacking,
433
00:17:46,686 --> 00:17:48,688
but it's actually happening now.
434
00:17:48,723 --> 00:17:51,361
"Secretary of Homeland
Security Jeh Johnson
435
00:17:51,393 --> 00:17:54,032
"released a statement today
stating that these groups
436
00:17:54,065 --> 00:17:57,572
"lack the resources and
knowledge of the USL
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00:17:57,605 --> 00:18:01,512
to successfully mount
an attack," end quote.
438
00:18:01,546 --> 00:18:04,184
There are some brilliant
people out there,
439
00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:06,823
both on the offense and
defensive side of things
440
00:18:06,855 --> 00:18:09,794
that can do amazing
things with computers.
441
00:18:09,829 --> 00:18:11,532
You got this, you got
this, you got this.
442
00:18:11,564 --> 00:18:14,202
And it's both inspiring
and kind of scary
443
00:18:14,236 --> 00:18:15,338
sometimes to see that.
444
00:18:20,614 --> 00:18:23,653
I, uh... I have to go. I'm sorry.
445
00:18:23,687 --> 00:18:25,323
I need to go to my office.
446
00:18:25,356 --> 00:18:26,324
What'd you do?
447
00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:27,427
I spoofed a text
448
00:18:27,460 --> 00:18:28,630
from her husband.
449
00:18:32,637 --> 00:18:35,976
So, yeah, probably the most
alarming hack we've seen
450
00:18:36,009 --> 00:18:38,614
was the Sony hack where
not only, you know,
451
00:18:38,648 --> 00:18:41,320
all of these email
archives were compromised,
452
00:18:41,352 --> 00:18:44,758
but also it was released
on a schedule of,
453
00:18:44,793 --> 00:18:47,631
you know, every week we're gonna
have another one of these,
454
00:18:47,665 --> 00:18:50,170
until you meet with our demands.
455
00:18:50,202 --> 00:18:52,172
Another parallel
between "Mr. Robot"
456
00:18:52,207 --> 00:18:55,545
and the real world can be seen
in fsociety's threatened use
457
00:18:55,579 --> 00:18:59,520
of a data dump, a scenario
inspired by the Sony hack.
458
00:18:59,554 --> 00:19:01,524
They hit the mother
lode during the breach,
459
00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:04,996
potentially terabytes
worth of email and files.
460
00:19:05,029 --> 00:19:07,634
They're threatening to dump everything.
461
00:19:07,669 --> 00:19:09,639
They released the video this morning.
462
00:19:09,671 --> 00:19:13,143
Meet our demands and we will
consider not destroying you.
463
00:19:13,178 --> 00:19:14,915
Consider yourself warned.
464
00:19:16,250 --> 00:19:18,655
This is, you know, a way
to hold power accountable.
465
00:19:18,688 --> 00:19:22,396
It can also be used to
harass and to silence
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00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:25,234
and really as an instrument of fear.
467
00:19:25,267 --> 00:19:27,170
In an age where
everyone is connected,
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00:19:27,204 --> 00:19:30,110
and privacy is becoming
harder to protect,
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00:19:30,143 --> 00:19:33,315
"Mr. Robot" has shined a light
on the risks and the realities
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00:19:33,349 --> 00:19:35,519
we all face every day.
471
00:19:35,553 --> 00:19:37,657
The writers have tapped
into the paranoia
472
00:19:37,690 --> 00:19:39,626
that we all now feel,
473
00:19:39,660 --> 00:19:43,434
that all of our information
is just ripe for the taking.
474
00:19:43,467 --> 00:19:45,537
He got into my system, and he
wants me to the put the CD
475
00:19:45,572 --> 00:19:47,042
on one of the computers at work.
476
00:19:47,074 --> 00:19:48,075
Why does he want to do that?
477
00:19:48,110 --> 00:19:50,147
I don't know, Stella.
478
00:19:50,180 --> 00:19:51,650
He didn't give me a full explanation.
479
00:19:51,682 --> 00:19:53,052
So he's got naked pics of me?
480
00:19:53,085 --> 00:19:54,387
Is that the only thing you're seriously
481
00:19:54,420 --> 00:19:55,790
taking away from this conversation?
482
00:19:58,463 --> 00:19:59,899
Hey, babe.
483
00:19:59,931 --> 00:20:03,505
"Mr. Robot" is absolutely
showing everyone
484
00:20:03,537 --> 00:20:07,845
that we are living in
a society right now
485
00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,985
in which secrets just don't exist.
486
00:20:11,017 --> 00:20:14,624
You maybe can't trust
many people at all.
487
00:20:14,658 --> 00:20:16,695
I know she went through a
divorce four years ago.
488
00:20:16,728 --> 00:20:18,164
I know she was devastated by it
489
00:20:18,198 --> 00:20:21,704
and has been dating losers
on eHarmony ever since.
490
00:20:21,737 --> 00:20:23,708
The more accessible we make ourselves,
491
00:20:23,742 --> 00:20:25,611
the more people are
probably going to be able
492
00:20:25,646 --> 00:20:27,483
to take advantage of that.
493
00:20:27,515 --> 00:20:30,955
By the end of watching
season one of "Mr. Robot,"
494
00:20:30,988 --> 00:20:35,395
anyone who previously just
typed away on a computer,
495
00:20:35,429 --> 00:20:38,001
you're probably going about
those transactions now
496
00:20:38,034 --> 00:20:41,742
with just a little more caution,
497
00:20:41,775 --> 00:20:43,445
a little bit more of a realization
498
00:20:43,478 --> 00:20:47,152
that that little lock symbol
doesn't mean a whole lot.
499
00:20:48,621 --> 00:20:51,226
Our personal
information, our very identity,
500
00:20:51,259 --> 00:20:54,398
is accessible to anyone, any time,
501
00:20:54,431 --> 00:20:56,401
and we look to the
government to protect us
502
00:20:56,436 --> 00:20:57,972
from criminal activity,
503
00:20:58,005 --> 00:21:00,510
but a recent case between
Apple and the FBI,
504
00:21:00,543 --> 00:21:02,948
who are trying to unlock a
terrorist's cell phone,
505
00:21:02,980 --> 00:21:05,419
brings up a gray area.
506
00:21:05,452 --> 00:21:07,556
Should the government be given access
507
00:21:07,590 --> 00:21:09,293
to your personal devices?
508
00:21:09,326 --> 00:21:12,131
Telecommunications companies
have been cooperating
509
00:21:12,165 --> 00:21:14,335
with law enforcement and
intelligence agencies
510
00:21:14,369 --> 00:21:16,206
for nearly a century.
511
00:21:16,239 --> 00:21:19,544
And so you have the FBI saying
512
00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:22,784
"Oh, we can't hack into your iPhone.
513
00:21:22,817 --> 00:21:25,256
We need your help in doing it."
514
00:21:25,288 --> 00:21:28,360
And Apple is saying,
"Our stuff is so secure,
515
00:21:28,394 --> 00:21:32,068
it's a danger to everybody
if we help you out on this."
516
00:21:32,102 --> 00:21:34,739
NSA and the intelligence
community in general
517
00:21:34,773 --> 00:21:38,813
is focused on getting
intelligence wherever it can,
518
00:21:38,848 --> 00:21:42,521
by any means possible, so
while they may be intending
519
00:21:42,554 --> 00:21:45,459
to target someone associated
with a foreign government,
520
00:21:45,493 --> 00:21:47,796
or someone that they
suspect of terrorism,
521
00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:50,836
they're collecting your
communications to do so.
522
00:21:50,870 --> 00:21:52,372
You would ask any person on the street,
523
00:21:52,406 --> 00:21:55,511
"Should the government be
able to hack into a phone
524
00:21:55,544 --> 00:21:57,983
to investigate a terrorism suspect?"
525
00:21:58,015 --> 00:21:59,419
and everybody would say yes.
526
00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:01,255
And then, you ask them,
"Well, should they be able
527
00:22:01,288 --> 00:22:03,392
to hack into your phone?"
and everybody would say no.
528
00:22:03,427 --> 00:22:05,163
We have to look really, really hard
529
00:22:05,196 --> 00:22:07,333
at the kind of slippery
slopes that we're building,
530
00:22:07,367 --> 00:22:09,470
as far as how much access the government
531
00:22:09,504 --> 00:22:14,714
or any other corporation
has into our data.
532
00:22:14,746 --> 00:22:17,752
Any analyst at any time
can target anyone,
533
00:22:17,785 --> 00:22:20,757
from you or your accountant
to a federal judge
534
00:22:20,791 --> 00:22:23,897
to even the president, if
I had a personal email.
535
00:22:23,930 --> 00:22:26,234
Ben Franklin said it best:
"Those who give up liberty
536
00:22:26,267 --> 00:22:28,839
for security will have neither."
537
00:22:28,872 --> 00:22:31,244
: Coming up: from
the tech to the techniques,
538
00:22:31,276 --> 00:22:34,583
see how "Mr. Robot" is
as real as it gets.
539
00:22:34,617 --> 00:22:37,990
Every single hack that we
show on the show is possible.
540
00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:41,463
Plus, we'll show you
what's in store for season two.
541
00:22:41,496 --> 00:22:44,034
Our infinite loop of insanity.
542
00:22:44,067 --> 00:22:45,971
This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
543
00:22:49,110 --> 00:22:51,247
"Mr. Robot's"
authentic portrayal
544
00:22:51,281 --> 00:22:56,056
of computer hacking has alerted us to
the real-world dangers we all face.
545
00:22:56,089 --> 00:23:00,297
Now we'll find out just
how much we're at risk.
546
00:23:00,330 --> 00:23:03,193
This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
547
00:23:03,336 --> 00:23:05,339
Maybe we should consider rehab.
548
00:23:05,373 --> 00:23:06,643
I'm not a junkie.
549
00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:07,946
Then you'll need to prove it to me.
550
00:23:07,979 --> 00:23:10,683
Submit to a bi-monthly
drug test, voluntarily.
551
00:23:10,717 --> 00:23:13,021
That's the only way that
I'll recommend your release.
552
00:23:13,055 --> 00:23:14,924
This is William Highsmith.
553
00:23:14,959 --> 00:23:16,527
He's not only the head of
the IT department here,
554
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,730
he's also an idiot.
555
00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:20,902
He uses useless virus
scans, dated servers,
556
00:23:20,935 --> 00:23:24,542
and security software
that runs on Windows 98.
557
00:23:24,576 --> 00:23:26,046
One of the reasons why I made this place
558
00:23:26,078 --> 00:23:28,883
my primary care facility.
559
00:23:28,916 --> 00:23:30,619
I can make my health records look like
560
00:23:30,653 --> 00:23:34,059
every other obedient zombie out there.
561
00:23:34,094 --> 00:23:35,763
"Mr. Robot's" popularity
562
00:23:35,796 --> 00:23:37,833
with many of its most fervent fans
563
00:23:37,866 --> 00:23:40,471
can largely be attributed
to its realistic portrayal
564
00:23:40,505 --> 00:23:42,575
of computer technology.
565
00:23:42,608 --> 00:23:46,047
That's the purview of technical
consultant Kor Adana.
566
00:23:46,082 --> 00:23:47,318
I'm involved in every aspect
567
00:23:47,351 --> 00:23:48,854
of all the tech that
you see on the show.
568
00:23:48,886 --> 00:23:51,624
I'm involved in pitching
the ideas of the hacks
569
00:23:51,659 --> 00:23:53,830
that we see fsociety being a part of.
570
00:23:53,864 --> 00:23:56,034
It's not your typical
tech consulting gig.
571
00:23:56,066 --> 00:23:59,373
Too many movies or TV shows
572
00:23:59,406 --> 00:24:01,710
try to make hacking just magic,
573
00:24:01,743 --> 00:24:03,279
and they don't explain it.
574
00:24:03,314 --> 00:24:04,917
It's just something that
you can't understand,
575
00:24:04,950 --> 00:24:07,121
and because of that,
it's some superpower.
576
00:24:07,154 --> 00:24:09,157
I think one of the greatest
compliments we can get
577
00:24:09,191 --> 00:24:12,631
is just how realistic and
authentic the show actually
578
00:24:12,663 --> 00:24:14,768
portrays what's really
going on out there.
579
00:24:14,802 --> 00:24:16,438
One of the things that's
so great about the show
580
00:24:16,471 --> 00:24:18,910
is that you'll actually
learn a few things.
581
00:24:18,942 --> 00:24:21,981
This is bad, worst DDoS
attack I've ever seen.
582
00:24:22,015 --> 00:24:25,020
DDoS attacks are a bunch of
hackers getting together
583
00:24:25,054 --> 00:24:28,026
to overload a system to
take it down for, you know,
584
00:24:28,059 --> 00:24:29,829
a temporary amount of time.
585
00:24:29,863 --> 00:24:31,466
It's a flood of traffic.
586
00:24:31,499 --> 00:24:33,701
We're sending signals over wires,
587
00:24:33,736 --> 00:24:36,007
and if you have too many
signals at the same time,
588
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,509
the real signal can't get through.
589
00:24:37,544 --> 00:24:39,881
Tried to reboot the servers, but
they're not coming back up.
590
00:24:39,914 --> 00:24:41,451
Dude, someone is straight
up finger blasting
591
00:24:41,485 --> 00:24:42,754
their entire network right now.
592
00:24:42,787 --> 00:24:45,491
I've learned quite a
bit, maybe too much.
593
00:24:45,525 --> 00:24:50,233
It's kind of scary, mm, what
I'm capable of these days.
594
00:24:50,267 --> 00:24:52,269
For the
creators and fans alike,
595
00:24:52,304 --> 00:24:54,208
there's an appreciation that the realism
596
00:24:54,241 --> 00:24:55,543
lies in the details.
597
00:24:55,576 --> 00:24:58,249
People are screen-capturing the images
598
00:24:58,281 --> 00:24:59,717
on the computer screens,
599
00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:02,020
and looking at them to
see if they're real.
600
00:25:02,055 --> 00:25:05,260
And they are real, and
that takes a lot of time.
601
00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:06,965
One screenshot that was shown, I think,
602
00:25:06,999 --> 00:25:10,371
for less than a second took
somebody over ten hours of work
603
00:25:10,403 --> 00:25:13,409
to make that an authentic
load-up sequence.
604
00:25:13,442 --> 00:25:16,715
All of the screens are
designed, essentially, by me,
605
00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:19,154
and I work with animators
to achieve those
606
00:25:19,188 --> 00:25:22,059
and make sure that they're
technically accurate.
607
00:25:22,092 --> 00:25:23,829
I think details like that
608
00:25:23,863 --> 00:25:26,368
really enriches and deepens the world.
609
00:25:26,401 --> 00:25:29,006
It makes the show this
almost alternate reality
610
00:25:29,038 --> 00:25:32,377
that's not too detached from our own.
611
00:25:32,412 --> 00:25:34,047
More than just imagery,
612
00:25:34,081 --> 00:25:37,387
"Mr. Robot's" realism extends
to the schemes and methods
613
00:25:37,421 --> 00:25:40,426
that are currently in use
by the hacking community.
614
00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:43,598
Their ability to infiltrate and
alter a physical environment
615
00:25:43,633 --> 00:25:46,138
was illustrated by the
Steel Mountain hack,
616
00:25:46,171 --> 00:25:48,173
a scenario that closely paralleled
617
00:25:48,207 --> 00:25:52,681
one of history's most famous
cyber attacks, Stuxnet.
618
00:25:52,716 --> 00:25:56,188
The US and Israel had a joint operation
619
00:25:56,221 --> 00:26:00,562
where they created an
amazingly complex program
620
00:26:00,596 --> 00:26:03,134
that hacked into the computers
621
00:26:03,168 --> 00:26:05,907
controlling the speed with which
622
00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:09,079
centrifuges were spinning
in the plant in Iran
623
00:26:09,113 --> 00:26:10,681
that was enriching uranium.
624
00:26:10,716 --> 00:26:14,489
And about half of Iran's
centrifuges were destroyed.
625
00:26:14,522 --> 00:26:19,097
It probably slowed down their
nuclear program by three years.
626
00:26:19,132 --> 00:26:21,570
To think about the steps
that are required
627
00:26:21,603 --> 00:26:24,341
to plan that and then
causing kinetic damage,
628
00:26:24,374 --> 00:26:25,677
is incredible.
629
00:26:25,710 --> 00:26:27,412
He wants to hack Steel Mountain's
630
00:26:27,447 --> 00:26:29,150
climate control system,
631
00:26:29,182 --> 00:26:30,952
raise the facility's heat high enough
632
00:26:30,987 --> 00:26:33,557
to destroy all the tapes.
633
00:26:33,591 --> 00:26:35,561
And you think sticking
this behind the thermostat
634
00:26:35,595 --> 00:26:36,596
will do all that?
635
00:26:36,631 --> 00:26:39,268
From a authenticity standpoint,
636
00:26:39,302 --> 00:26:41,506
if you wanted to hack
a major corporation,
637
00:26:41,539 --> 00:26:44,478
they would have off-site tape backups
638
00:26:44,510 --> 00:26:47,816
at a location like Steel Mountain.
639
00:26:47,851 --> 00:26:50,556
There. Deep in the Adirondacks.
640
00:26:50,588 --> 00:26:53,894
In 145-plus acre former limestone mine.
641
00:26:53,929 --> 00:26:58,437
3-ton steel gates, 24/7 armed guards,
642
00:26:58,470 --> 00:27:01,276
closed circuit cameras, NOC staffing.
643
00:27:01,308 --> 00:27:03,814
A fair amount of the plots
and techniques and the hacks
644
00:27:03,847 --> 00:27:05,483
and the approaches in "Mr. Robot"
645
00:27:05,517 --> 00:27:06,820
are actually plausible.
646
00:27:06,853 --> 00:27:07,821
The reason they're plausible:
647
00:27:07,854 --> 00:27:09,324
it's 90% preparation
648
00:27:09,356 --> 00:27:10,992
and only 10% execution.
649
00:27:11,027 --> 00:27:12,997
There's a fair amount
of understanding how
650
00:27:13,029 --> 00:27:14,466
the other systems and the targets
651
00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:16,203
that you're focusing on work,
652
00:27:16,237 --> 00:27:18,842
and then having your, you know,
653
00:27:18,874 --> 00:27:20,845
system and your hack ready
654
00:27:20,879 --> 00:27:23,417
so that you can execute it, you
know, when the time is right.
655
00:27:23,450 --> 00:27:26,721
All we need is one security flaw.
656
00:27:26,756 --> 00:27:30,229
Look at this place, man. It
was built not to have any.
657
00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:36,173
I see about... six walking around.
658
00:27:36,207 --> 00:27:38,177
Social engineering
is one example of
659
00:27:38,210 --> 00:27:40,014
a real-world hacking method,
660
00:27:40,047 --> 00:27:42,951
and "Mr. Robot" illustrates
it to perfection.
661
00:27:42,986 --> 00:27:45,958
The social engineering
component of hacking, I think,
662
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:49,196
is one of the most
important aspects of it.
663
00:27:49,230 --> 00:27:52,871
Taking advantage of that
human element of security.
664
00:27:52,903 --> 00:27:55,342
Bill Harper is our first exploit.
665
00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:56,678
He isn't gonna give the
search much scrutiny.
666
00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:57,878
He'll get us to Level 1,
667
00:27:57,912 --> 00:27:59,282
but Bill is not gonna be
able to get us to Level 2.
668
00:27:59,316 --> 00:28:01,287
And we need to get to Level 2.
669
00:28:01,319 --> 00:28:03,957
You're gonna ask to speak
to his supervisor, Wendy.
670
00:28:03,991 --> 00:28:06,028
She'll get us to exactly
where we need to be.
671
00:28:06,062 --> 00:28:08,232
Then we'll be able to get
rid of her from the van.
672
00:28:08,266 --> 00:28:10,436
After that, you connect the Raspberry Pi
673
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:12,908
to the climate control system,
and Bob's your uncle.
674
00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:15,846
It doesn't matter how
hardened your system is,
675
00:28:15,881 --> 00:28:18,084
how great your security policies are,
676
00:28:18,117 --> 00:28:20,287
what kind of software you
have on your system.
677
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,457
There's always gonna be a human
678
00:28:22,491 --> 00:28:25,129
that has access to information
that's important.
679
00:28:25,163 --> 00:28:28,971
And you can always find a way
to manipulate that person.
680
00:28:29,005 --> 00:28:30,274
People are all just people, right?
681
00:28:30,306 --> 00:28:31,843
When it gets down to it,
everyone's the same.
682
00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:32,978
They love something.
683
00:28:33,011 --> 00:28:34,213
They want something.
They fear something.
684
00:28:34,247 --> 00:28:35,682
Specifics help, but
specifics don't change
685
00:28:35,716 --> 00:28:37,186
the way that everyone is vulnerable.
686
00:28:37,220 --> 00:28:41,627
It just changes the way that we
access those vulnerabilities.
687
00:28:41,661 --> 00:28:43,229
Great example of this is
688
00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:46,838
Elliot impersonating a
multi-million-dollar CEO
689
00:28:46,871 --> 00:28:48,073
to get through the door.
690
00:28:48,105 --> 00:28:51,211
I really think you should look me up.
691
00:28:51,246 --> 00:28:53,383
It... it just doesn't work like that.
692
00:28:53,415 --> 00:28:54,751
I'm sorry, sir.
693
00:28:54,786 --> 00:28:57,758
You impersonate someone
that is in need of
694
00:28:57,790 --> 00:28:59,393
some kind of help or assistance,
695
00:28:59,428 --> 00:29:01,398
most of the time, they'll
want to help you.
696
00:29:01,431 --> 00:29:02,799
Mr. Sepiol?
697
00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,069
Mr. Sepiol!
698
00:29:04,103 --> 00:29:05,906
I have some good news.
699
00:29:05,939 --> 00:29:08,911
And that's why Bill Harper
is a perfect exploit,
700
00:29:08,944 --> 00:29:11,281
desperate enough for the
business to break protocol
701
00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:14,354
and let me in.
702
00:29:14,387 --> 00:29:16,424
Lonely enough to break.
703
00:29:16,459 --> 00:29:17,760
They won't even know
that they're giving you
704
00:29:17,794 --> 00:29:19,598
some kind of information
that will help you
705
00:29:19,632 --> 00:29:22,003
hack their system later.
706
00:29:22,036 --> 00:29:24,073
But it happens all the time.
707
00:29:24,105 --> 00:29:26,442
Coming up on "Mr.
Robot dec0d3d,"
708
00:29:26,477 --> 00:29:29,082
we delve into the ethics of hacktivism.
709
00:29:29,115 --> 00:29:31,085
If you feel that there is injustice,
710
00:29:31,118 --> 00:29:33,221
sometimes the only way to deal with it
711
00:29:33,256 --> 00:29:36,261
is to out-monster the monster.
712
00:29:36,295 --> 00:29:37,765
Plus, we'll also discuss
713
00:29:37,797 --> 00:29:39,768
what's in store for season two.
714
00:29:39,802 --> 00:29:41,906
This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
715
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,137
"Mr. Robot's"
authentic portrayal
716
00:29:46,172 --> 00:29:49,676
of computer hacking has alerted us to
the real-world dangers we all face.
717
00:29:49,711 --> 00:29:53,684
Now, we'll find out just
how much we're at risk.
718
00:29:53,718 --> 00:29:57,491
This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
719
00:29:57,845 --> 00:29:59,750
You're blowing up a gas pipeline.
720
00:29:59,775 --> 00:30:02,125
The world is a dangerous place, Elliot.
721
00:30:02,150 --> 00:30:03,653
Not because of those who do evil,
722
00:30:03,686 --> 00:30:06,291
but because of those who
look on and do nothing.
723
00:30:06,324 --> 00:30:08,027
This is war. People will die.
724
00:30:08,061 --> 00:30:10,198
C'est la mort.
725
00:30:10,233 --> 00:30:12,537
I'm not killing anyone.
726
00:30:14,793 --> 00:30:16,763
Tell me one thing, Elliot.
727
00:30:16,796 --> 00:30:20,267
Are you a one or a zero?
728
00:30:20,302 --> 00:30:22,406
That's the question you
have to ask yourself.
729
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,410
Are you a yes or a no?
730
00:30:24,443 --> 00:30:26,981
Are you gonna act or not?
731
00:30:27,015 --> 00:30:32,158
Hacktivism is the act of
compromising a computer system
732
00:30:32,190 --> 00:30:35,863
or a network with a
political agenda in mind.
733
00:30:35,898 --> 00:30:38,469
One of the reasons for "Mr.
Robot's" huge success
734
00:30:38,502 --> 00:30:40,505
is that it speaks to the
current generation's
735
00:30:40,538 --> 00:30:42,575
distrust of our corporate culture
736
00:30:42,610 --> 00:30:45,582
and to their frustration
with the status quo.
737
00:30:45,615 --> 00:30:49,824
But is taking matters into our
own hands ever justified?
738
00:30:49,856 --> 00:30:52,094
In many cases, hacktivism
takes the form of
739
00:30:52,127 --> 00:30:54,163
anti-establishment points of view.
740
00:30:54,198 --> 00:30:57,269
The governments of the world
and their corporate masters
741
00:30:57,304 --> 00:30:59,909
do not want us to speak. Why?
742
00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:01,479
Because we unlock truths.
743
00:31:01,511 --> 00:31:03,013
We expose villains.
744
00:31:03,047 --> 00:31:05,686
If you have any interest in
waking from your slumber
745
00:31:05,719 --> 00:31:08,825
and retrieving lost,
damaged, or stolen memory,
746
00:31:08,857 --> 00:31:10,260
we are here for you.
747
00:31:10,295 --> 00:31:11,564
We have your back.
748
00:31:11,596 --> 00:31:14,368
We are fsociety.
749
00:31:14,402 --> 00:31:17,207
A lot of fsociety and
the mask is obviously
750
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,110
evocative of Anonymous
751
00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:20,613
and the Guy Fawkes mask
752
00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:23,618
that a lot of people in
Anonymous started to wear
753
00:31:23,652 --> 00:31:25,421
back when they had
their campaign against
754
00:31:25,456 --> 00:31:27,760
the Church of Scientology.
755
00:31:27,793 --> 00:31:30,364
Their declaration of war on Scientology
756
00:31:30,399 --> 00:31:32,602
definitely served as an inspiration
757
00:31:32,635 --> 00:31:36,008
for some of the content that
you see on "Mr. Robot."
758
00:31:36,042 --> 00:31:38,413
Corporate greed is a trickle-down desire
759
00:31:38,447 --> 00:31:40,819
that reaches even the
bottom of the food chain.
760
00:31:40,852 --> 00:31:42,688
And for what? Wealth? Power?
761
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:43,855
What the shit?
762
00:31:43,890 --> 00:31:45,459
It's a pathetic fable,
763
00:31:45,491 --> 00:31:47,931
and you, Allsafe, are a defender of...
764
00:31:47,965 --> 00:31:49,901
Holy shit. fsociety knows us.
765
00:31:49,933 --> 00:31:51,237
But your sweet dream is over
766
00:31:51,269 --> 00:31:53,907
and your nightmare is about to begin.
767
00:31:53,941 --> 00:31:57,280
Gideon Goddard, you are a lackey
768
00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:58,750
to your corporate overlords...
769
00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:00,321
Someone shut this off.
770
00:32:00,354 --> 00:32:03,025
Serving them, slave to master.
771
00:32:03,057 --> 00:32:04,961
We are exposing your role to your world,
772
00:32:04,996 --> 00:32:08,636
and the world is very angry.
773
00:32:08,669 --> 00:32:11,541
I have a very anti-corporate,
anti-establishment spirit
774
00:32:11,575 --> 00:32:14,713
in me, and as much as I
appreciate Occupy Wall Street,
775
00:32:14,747 --> 00:32:17,885
I think as an adult I
want to use that anger
776
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,292
to actually do something
constructive and positive.
777
00:32:21,325 --> 00:32:24,030
And I think, like, for
example, the Arab Spring
778
00:32:24,064 --> 00:32:25,667
is a good example where
779
00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,338
they really kind of got empowered
780
00:32:28,372 --> 00:32:29,507
through social media, actually,
781
00:32:29,540 --> 00:32:30,508
through technology,
782
00:32:30,543 --> 00:32:32,513
and really made change.
783
00:32:34,083 --> 00:32:37,389
The Arab Spring is a
really good example of
784
00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:39,226
security in action.
785
00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:41,729
If you're an activist in Bahrain,
786
00:32:41,763 --> 00:32:44,335
you need your email, you
need your Facebook account
787
00:32:44,367 --> 00:32:46,939
to be secure, because if the government,
788
00:32:46,973 --> 00:32:49,109
which controls all the
Internet infrastructure,
789
00:32:49,142 --> 00:32:51,279
can get in, that's it, you're done.
790
00:32:51,314 --> 00:32:52,416
They're gonna take... come to your house
791
00:32:52,450 --> 00:32:53,652
and put a bag over your head
792
00:32:53,684 --> 00:32:55,488
and no one will ever see you again.
793
00:32:55,521 --> 00:32:56,690
Now whatever it is you
think you're doing
794
00:32:56,725 --> 00:32:58,461
freeing the world, freeing the masses,
795
00:32:58,494 --> 00:33:00,464
the guys I work for,
they ain't motivated by
796
00:33:00,498 --> 00:33:02,101
"Kumbaya" shit like that.
797
00:33:02,133 --> 00:33:03,670
Right and wrong is relative,
798
00:33:03,703 --> 00:33:07,544
and it comes down to your own ideology,
799
00:33:07,577 --> 00:33:09,181
your own moral compass,
800
00:33:09,213 --> 00:33:12,820
and whether or not you feel
passionate enough about that
801
00:33:12,854 --> 00:33:16,227
to act on it.
802
00:33:16,259 --> 00:33:19,632
How come I'm not in trouble?
803
00:33:23,273 --> 00:33:26,012
Even though what you did was wrong,
804
00:33:26,046 --> 00:33:30,219
you're still a good kid.
805
00:33:30,252 --> 00:33:32,056
And that guy was a prick.
806
00:33:32,090 --> 00:33:34,461
Sometimes that matters more.
807
00:33:34,494 --> 00:33:36,531
I think the reason it
thematically resonates
808
00:33:36,565 --> 00:33:39,070
with people when you're watching
a show like "Mr. Robot,"
809
00:33:39,103 --> 00:33:40,605
if the antagonist is strong enough
810
00:33:40,639 --> 00:33:42,742
or if you feel that there is injustice
811
00:33:42,776 --> 00:33:43,878
coming from the antagonist,
812
00:33:43,912 --> 00:33:46,749
if there's an injustice in the world...
813
00:33:46,783 --> 00:33:49,054
sometimes the only way to deal with it
814
00:33:49,087 --> 00:33:52,392
is to out-monster the monster.
815
00:33:52,427 --> 00:33:54,330
Fernando Vera, Shayla's supplier
816
00:33:54,363 --> 00:33:56,535
and one of the worst human
beings I've ever hacked.
817
00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,037
He does all his drug transactions
818
00:33:58,071 --> 00:34:00,876
through emails, IMs, Twitter.
819
00:34:00,909 --> 00:34:03,714
He can't be allowed to exist anymore.
820
00:34:03,747 --> 00:34:05,751
When you break down
motivations of hackers,
821
00:34:05,785 --> 00:34:08,589
it's money, ideology, coercion, ego,
822
00:34:08,623 --> 00:34:10,727
or revenge, and sometimes
criss and cross.
823
00:34:10,761 --> 00:34:11,930
In "Mr. Robot,"
824
00:34:11,964 --> 00:34:13,799
Elliot's ideology is founded on
825
00:34:13,832 --> 00:34:17,038
his desire to avenge his father's death.
826
00:34:17,074 --> 00:34:19,579
This isn't even about my revolution.
827
00:34:19,611 --> 00:34:21,513
This is more than that for you.
828
00:34:21,547 --> 00:34:24,486
This is about how those bastards
slowly killed your father
829
00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:26,023
and how you wished he'd
done something about it,
830
00:34:26,055 --> 00:34:27,023
but he didn't
831
00:34:27,056 --> 00:34:29,026
because he was a zero,
832
00:34:29,060 --> 00:34:30,964
just like you're being right now.
833
00:34:30,998 --> 00:34:33,136
It's just a basic question of, you know,
834
00:34:33,169 --> 00:34:36,441
when does the good outweigh
the bad and vice versa?
835
00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:39,714
You know, the very massive
ethical questions
836
00:34:39,747 --> 00:34:41,683
that this show will pose.
837
00:34:41,718 --> 00:34:45,359
We hope that you will
forge a better world,
838
00:34:45,392 --> 00:34:48,730
a world that belongs to us again!
839
00:34:50,301 --> 00:34:53,773
We'll see if Elliot and
everybody in fsociety...
840
00:34:53,806 --> 00:34:56,379
are saving the world or destroying it.
841
00:34:56,412 --> 00:34:58,748
Coming up, could
a small group of hackers
842
00:34:58,783 --> 00:35:01,254
actually change the world overnight?
843
00:35:01,288 --> 00:35:03,525
It's not a fantasy. It's
not science fiction.
844
00:35:03,559 --> 00:35:06,898
Plus, we'll show you
what's in store for season two.
845
00:35:06,930 --> 00:35:09,735
Amen, amen, amen!
846
00:35:09,771 --> 00:35:12,410
This is "Mr. Robot dec0d3d."
847
00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:19,111
Evil Corp, you have been owned.
848
00:35:19,298 --> 00:35:22,737
We at fsociety will smile
849
00:35:22,771 --> 00:35:27,012
as we watch you and your dark soul die.
850
00:35:28,164 --> 00:35:30,142
USA Network's "Mr. Robot" is
851
00:35:30,177 --> 00:35:31,479
groundbreaking television,
852
00:35:31,512 --> 00:35:33,282
with cutting edge storylines,
853
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,016
detailed world building,
854
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,811
and uncanny parallels to current events.
855
00:35:37,845 --> 00:35:40,048
Certainly a subject
matter that has become
856
00:35:40,081 --> 00:35:44,022
more and more relevant as...
as the year has gone on.
857
00:35:44,057 --> 00:35:46,327
Markets in Asia and Europe
are tumbling dramatically.
858
00:35:46,361 --> 00:35:48,131
Numerous governments
in the European Union
859
00:35:48,164 --> 00:35:49,434
are now in a free-for-all.
860
00:35:49,468 --> 00:35:50,803
So this is what our evolution
861
00:35:50,836 --> 00:35:53,240
Looks like: a simple program,
862
00:35:53,274 --> 00:35:55,979
a worm that can make data unreadable.
863
00:35:56,013 --> 00:35:59,185
Is that really all it
takes to kill the world?
864
00:35:59,218 --> 00:36:00,787
But could the fsociety hack
865
00:36:00,821 --> 00:36:03,227
portrayed in the show actually happen?
866
00:36:03,260 --> 00:36:06,031
What would the fallout of
such a hack look like?
867
00:36:06,064 --> 00:36:08,435
So we have plenty of companies
that kind of fall into that
868
00:36:08,468 --> 00:36:10,772
"too big to fail" moniker.
869
00:36:10,807 --> 00:36:12,776
It's kind of scary to think about
870
00:36:12,810 --> 00:36:15,249
what the impact of a
destructive hack against them
871
00:36:15,281 --> 00:36:16,917
could have on... on society.
872
00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:21,827
You could wreck large
sectors of the power grid.
873
00:36:21,861 --> 00:36:25,435
You could take down a whole bank.
874
00:36:25,468 --> 00:36:27,571
You could do a lot of damage.
875
00:36:27,604 --> 00:36:29,841
There are some key vulnerabilities
876
00:36:29,874 --> 00:36:31,344
within our national infrastructure.
877
00:36:31,379 --> 00:36:33,682
People could actually take
the entire Internet down.
878
00:36:33,716 --> 00:36:36,855
A lone hacker really
can do immense damage,
879
00:36:36,888 --> 00:36:38,324
or they can do immense good.
880
00:36:38,358 --> 00:36:40,160
It's just all in the motivation.
881
00:36:40,193 --> 00:36:41,463
I think it'd be possible.
882
00:36:41,497 --> 00:36:43,667
Are there ramifications to that?
883
00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:44,936
Of course.
884
00:36:44,970 --> 00:36:46,372
Are there ramifications to that
885
00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:49,243
that fsociety and Elliot
didn't even think of?
886
00:36:49,278 --> 00:36:51,482
Definitely. And we're
gonna get into that
887
00:36:51,515 --> 00:36:52,483
in season two.
888
00:36:52,517 --> 00:36:53,485
There's gonna be, I bet,
889
00:36:53,519 --> 00:36:55,022
a lot of people coming for them.
890
00:36:55,055 --> 00:36:57,025
You know, law enforcement's
gonna be coming in season two.
891
00:36:57,059 --> 00:36:58,227
It has to.
892
00:36:58,260 --> 00:36:59,863
Season two of "Mr.
Robot" will
893
00:36:59,897 --> 00:37:02,068
go deeper into this amazing world,
894
00:37:02,102 --> 00:37:04,439
as the characters deal
with the repercussions of
895
00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:05,908
the Evil Corp hack.
896
00:37:05,941 --> 00:37:07,377
So we come back in season two
897
00:37:07,410 --> 00:37:08,780
and the hack has gone through
898
00:37:08,814 --> 00:37:10,639
and kind of destroyed the world.
899
00:37:10,711 --> 00:37:12,148
The FBI announced today,
900
00:37:12,180 --> 00:37:13,818
and we can confirm that
901
00:37:13,852 --> 00:37:17,459
fsociety engaged in this attack.
902
00:37:17,492 --> 00:37:19,562
Now that Elliot knows who Mr. Robot is,
903
00:37:19,595 --> 00:37:22,266
it's very different from last year.
904
00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:24,571
What he's trying to do at all costs
905
00:37:24,604 --> 00:37:27,577
is to remove him from his world.
906
00:37:27,611 --> 00:37:29,881
In the second season, the
story really picks up
907
00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:31,550
and... and moves forward.
908
00:37:31,584 --> 00:37:33,187
You know, we set up all the characters,
909
00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:35,524
and now really in the second
season we're really kind of
910
00:37:35,557 --> 00:37:37,460
letting all those characters run wild.
911
00:37:37,495 --> 00:37:40,467
We're really going into
an ensemble sort of
912
00:37:40,499 --> 00:37:41,769
version of the show.
913
00:37:41,803 --> 00:37:43,773
We're in four or five different worlds
914
00:37:43,807 --> 00:37:45,042
at the same time.
915
00:37:45,075 --> 00:37:48,047
Just watching that
struggle and seeing people
916
00:37:48,081 --> 00:37:50,620
at the end of their rope still persevere
917
00:37:50,653 --> 00:37:52,222
and continue to fight,
918
00:37:52,254 --> 00:37:54,760
even though their back's
against the wall.
919
00:37:59,035 --> 00:38:00,153
In the second season,
920
00:38:00,201 --> 00:38:02,004
all the characters have sort of evolved.
921
00:38:02,038 --> 00:38:03,709
The world is very different.
922
00:38:03,741 --> 00:38:05,812
Expect to be a little surprised
923
00:38:05,846 --> 00:38:08,484
because we're going down a
very different direction
924
00:38:08,517 --> 00:38:10,654
than the road we went
down in season one.
925
00:38:10,687 --> 00:38:12,657
And Sam has got it really mapped out.
926
00:38:12,692 --> 00:38:14,027
When I was reading these scripts,
927
00:38:14,060 --> 00:38:15,830
and I was just saying, "Oh, my God."
928
00:38:15,864 --> 00:38:18,902
There's these clues that you
kind of strand together.
929
00:38:18,935 --> 00:38:20,573
I mean, we were like, Reddit people
930
00:38:20,607 --> 00:38:22,576
discussing with each other
what we thought would happen.
931
00:38:22,609 --> 00:38:24,412
He comes up with some crazy stuff.
932
00:38:31,759 --> 00:38:34,631
I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
933
00:38:34,665 --> 00:38:37,170
I'll tell you exactly
what you're gonna do.
934
00:38:37,203 --> 00:38:40,109
You're gonna start listening to us.
935
00:38:40,142 --> 00:38:42,714
The world is a better place
because of what we did, Elliot,
936
00:38:42,747 --> 00:38:45,484
and you're gonna realize
that one way or another.
937
00:38:45,518 --> 00:38:48,524
Now here's what I need you to do now.
938
00:38:49,172 --> 00:38:51,442
So what has "Mr. Robot" taught us?
939
00:38:51,478 --> 00:38:54,383
Working with the tech advisor
has got me to change the way
940
00:38:54,418 --> 00:38:56,086
I conduct myself.
941
00:38:56,119 --> 00:38:57,422
Someone actually asked me the other day
942
00:38:57,455 --> 00:38:59,025
if I wanted to hack them, could I?
943
00:38:59,059 --> 00:39:00,528
Unfortunately, the answer was no,
944
00:39:00,561 --> 00:39:02,264
and I really wish it was yes.
945
00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:04,669
I tend to be paranoid
about my own information.
946
00:39:04,702 --> 00:39:06,104
My drives, my phone.
947
00:39:06,137 --> 00:39:09,076
The microphone you have on
your computer can be accessed.
948
00:39:09,109 --> 00:39:10,812
The camera, as much
as people don't think
949
00:39:10,846 --> 00:39:12,748
it can be accessed, it can.
950
00:39:12,783 --> 00:39:15,255
I tell other people to tape
the camera on their laptop.
951
00:39:15,289 --> 00:39:17,794
Oh, yeah, put the piece
of tape on your laptop.
952
00:39:17,826 --> 00:39:19,462
Absolutely a must.
953
00:39:19,496 --> 00:39:22,668
I was literally actually about
to get tape and do that.
954
00:39:22,702 --> 00:39:23,325
That's great.
955
00:39:23,350 --> 00:39:25,785
I've infected my paranoia with everyone.
956
00:39:26,135 --> 00:39:29,286
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