How realistic is the movie cliche of a hacker being able to hack

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>>58094598
is this the new gentoo?

>>58094571
I don't know a single thing about hacking or programming but from what I see and read it seems to be divided into different areas based on method, a bit like a fisherman:

So mass deployment of your malware vs a crowd of targets, a bit like a malicious version of product marketing for deployment. A bit like laying net traps and checking them in the morning with one simple bait for the fish in that area.

Then specific fish catching requires you learn about your desired catch, its habits, its location, its preferred food and then fishing in the right weather, at the right time, using the approach tailored to your knowledge of the target outside of the actual catch.

Then randomly throwing your line out at sea with all different bait and seeing what you can get and that being reward itself.

>>58094611
nope

Mostly it is bullshit. The movies interpretation for hacking is for the masses, it doesn't care about technical accuracy. The fact is that you can actually hack something fast, depending on your experience and skill. If you've done security testing on tens of, let's say, door locks, you know or can guess what to look for and where. Moreover, you might actually have tested that model before and even automated the exploitation. In these cases it could be possible.

>How realistic
None. Zero.
This is the closest realistic version of hacking to what you're asking (the keypad)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5vsPJ5Tos

>>58096950
kek