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"Movie: The Net"
01/16/2003 Entry

Last night, I watched The Net again. I was thinking that it would be a good idea to rerelease that movie. I had always thought that it was quite realistic even back in 1995, but it's scary how much more realistic it is today.

The Net is about a computer security expert whose identity is stolen and wiped out completely as she finds herself in the middle of a grand hacker scheme where government documents are being altered, medical records are tampered with and flight information systems are thrown into chaos.

In 1995 it was hard to see where we'd be in 2003 with respect to security and privacy issues. Most of the online services that are foreseen in the movie ended up being pretty realistic (types of things one can order online, types of communication with others in cyberspace) but unfortunately the level of possible monitoring turned out fairly realistic as well. Rent it today and let me know what you think.

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