Also: what’s up with the fake browsers? How difficult us it to setup a local webserver, setup a hosts entry and use a real browser to open the webpage? Or open a static webpage via file:// protocol. I find it more effort to “program” a fake browser with complete interface…
Never mind fake browsers, fake OSes. When do you see Windows or macOS or Linux on anything in movies. They always replace the OS with some super futuristic cyber system.
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Also: what’s up with the fake browsers? How difficult us it to setup a local webserver, setup a hosts entry and use a real browser to open the webpage? Or open a static webpage via file:// protocol. I find it more effort to “program” a fake browser with complete interface…
There are trademarks and usage requirements to consider, easier to make a fake one with no branding.
Never mind fake browsers, fake OSes. When do you see Windows or macOS or Linux on anything in movies. They always replace the OS with some super futuristic cyber system.
Which it’s why I like Mr Robot
Unless it’s ‘True Lies’, in which case the terrorists are running Windows 3.1.
please tell me they at least had a command prompt up
Nope, they use a GUI program called ‘Data Extraction Program’:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/n4hond/in_true_lies_1994_a_computer_is_shown_running/