When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@mmu_man from the script:

- General, we know they're fine men, but in a nuclear war we can't afford to have missiles lying dormant in those silos because those men refuse to turn the keys when the computers tell 'em to!

- You mean when the president orders them to.

- The president will probably follow the computer war plan. That's a fact!

I wept T_T

[ii_infinitum@mastodon.social]

@Oggie @nina_kali_nina I’d very much like to hang out in the office you describe. I’ve wanted an old school TTY for similar reasons, but the old western union one I found was way too heavy to sneak out.

[ptmesis@writing.exchange]

@nina_kali_nina Well, they didn't want to get left behind.

[ahltorp@mastodon.nu]

@desatyr @nina_kali_nina The only thing unrealistic in War Games are the huge screens and that the computer actually learns.

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@nina_kali_nina
And some researcher had enough access to run a personal project directly on prod.

[spacelifeform@infosec.exchange]

@nina_kali_nina

Released 1983-06-03. Of course, a Friday.

[bthylafh@nerdculture.de]

@nina_kali_nina Ha-ha.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@nina_kali_nina Just let em cook.

That's a good film too.

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@nina_kali_nina

Actually…. as in admin admin?

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@xs4me2 no, just some random name

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@nina_kali_nina

Louvre's video surveillance system password was "Louvre"…

Can’t make stuff like this up…

[brewski@mas.to]

@nina_kali_nina

Me, today: You connected WHAT to an MCP service!?

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@nina_kali_nina

[nocturnalnessa@infosec.exchange]

@nina_kali_nina@tech.lmucho still cannot get my head around the idea of "negotiating" with a computer and gaslighting it with natural language, as a real hacking technique

[0mega@sk.zehnvorne.social]

@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt Welcome to War Games 2026 🫠

[moonshine_fox@meow.social]

@nina_kali_nina

[shadsterling@mastodon.social]

@brewski @nina_kali_nina the Master Control Program is meant to control everything

( https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Master_Control_Program )

[kellictiger@tiggi.es]

@nina_kali_nina Dabney Coleman played the first tech bro.

[hardlyworgen@mstdn.party]

@nina_kali_nina That movie was the reason my cousin was not allowed to have a modem on his Commodore 64.

[paddlaren@mastodonsweden.se]

@nina_kali_nina

I figure there was only one computer - the computer. Not like today with a virtual machine on any lever close by to test stuff.

I think this was how things where at the time, also in reality at The Swedish Social Insurance Agency and their Bull Cobol machines - you coded in prod and just solved the thing where it was needed.
I recall this from a tour I had some 20 years ago when I was an employee but 20 years is a long time to mess upp memories so I might be wrong.