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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:13:20 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: steven cherry <steven () panix com> Date: December 21, 2005 5:22:50 PM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] Firewall: The Movie Dave,I just looked at the preview of this, and I don't see why it would drive bad policy any more than the Jack Ryan movies (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) or any other Harrison Ford movie to which it bears a passing resemblance.
The story line involves a criminal who spends the better part of a year studying one individual. That's hardly a model for standard identity theft.
The individual (the Harrison Ford character) is intimately knows the security software of the bank at which he works. (He seems tobe both an uber-systems programmer and the CSO or CTO.) To save his family, he needs to break into bank digitally and steal $100 million. From the trailer, it doesn't seem that he does this entirely undetected. In any event, when we worry about hackers or crackers, this is not the threat model the public and politicians are concerned about.
Regards, Steven -- Steven Cherry, +1 212-419-7566 Senior Associate Editor IEEE Spectrum, 3 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 <s.cherry () ieee org> <http://spectrum.ieee.org> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu> Date: December 21, 2005 2:47:32 PM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Fwd: Firewall: The MovieFrom: "Richard Starnes" <rrstarnes () gmail com> Date: December 20, 2005 7:15:05 PM ESTUnfortunately, I not kidding: http://firewallmovie.warnerbros.com/ This has all the hallmarks of a bad film that drives bad policy. It will be interesting to see the public reaction to the film and what if anygovernment action follows as result.
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