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I've dabbled in C, but I'm no expert. Can you explain how compilers can affect the security of C?



I think that's rather over-criticizing it. Person of Interest may not be able to match Mr. Robot in technical realism, but it is set in a fantastical universe with a fully functional AI. I wish they were as committed to realistic hacking as Mr. Robot, but it cannot be said that they didn't try. Its hacks were explained enough for a layman, and shown enough for a technical person.

And its story was good, too. I'd recommend it to people just for that.


But that's what makes it worse than CSI, because it's so heavily grounded in technology that suspense of disbelief is disrupted when technical terms are misused.


Can you give some examples? I'm sincerely asking, since I never felt that technical terms were misused. I want to know where I missed that.


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