![]() In the security world, an “air gap” is a security measure that relies on this limitation to prevent unauthorized access. The first and most obvious hurdle that a would-be xeno-hacker has to conquer is a physical one: in order for one computer system to affect another, it needs some way of getting information from point A to point B. Security is whether or not, given a compatible system, David Levinson could really write a virus that does what’s shown. This is an issue from both a hardware and a software standpoint. Compatibility is whether or not any code, much less a crippling virus, could plausibly have made it from David Levinson’s mind and keyboard into the alien computer system. There are really two issues that need to be addressed: compatibility and security. So in honor of a few colonies that no one thought could defeat the greatest empire the world has ever known, I’m here today to fight for the little guy, to defend the indefensible: Why the Independence Day hacking scene could have worked. The scene regularly makes any list of ridiculous uses of computers and technology, and is the internet’s go-to example of bad Hollywod tech. Few instances of technology in movies have received more scorn than the Independence Day “hacking” scene, in which Jeff Goldblum’s David Levinson uses a mid-90s PowerBook to send a virus that takes down an entire alien star fleet. ![]()
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