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[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

There was a silly little movie in the 80's called "Maximum Overdrive", written and directed by Stephen King.

In it Aliens somehow cause machines to 'turn' on human beings and attack us.

They could remake that movie now but instead of Aliens causing the machines to attack people, it could be malicious 'hackers' that do it, and it would be more believable that the original film.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

The plot that kicks off Battlestar Galactica (2004) happens because pretty much everything uses wireless communications, including most systems within the space ships

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel like hackers would always have been more believable than aliens.

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

You can't really (remotely) hack a machine that doesn't have wireless capabilities or computer chips in them.

In the movie it was just regular, non electronic machines like (pre-computerized) diesel trucks and lawnmowers etc.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The original story was written before the Internet and so before hackers even existed. One of Stephen King's cocaine fever dreams iirc.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hackers predate the Internet. Phone phreaking, like the Captain Crunch whistle is basically the origin of hacking and hacker culture.

But your larger point is valid and there was probably more than a little cocaine involved with thinking up that story.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, so like Die Hard 4.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You could hack a futuristic firmware upgradable power knife, but how do you hack it to hack off fingers?

Aliens had the supernatural power to be the machines

A self driving tesla trapping people in a gas station is 100% more believable than the semi.

Something is there...

[–] funkyfarmington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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