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Maybe I'm missing something but one of the core technical conceits driving the first few episodes is that an IP address found inside a "dat" file is compelling
by scandox 10y ago
Maybe I'm missing something but one of the core technical conceits driving the first few episodes is that an IP address found inside a "dat" file is compelling evidence that the person with that IP address was guilty of something. Of having an IP address that somebody typed into a file? I didn't get that. As I say perhaps I misunderstood.
I actually believe it would be possible to build a coherent and effective story around technical ideas but it would require a writer of great skill, who just happened to have a very technical background.
The way it would work is that the plot would be driven by a technical obstacle/issue. Instead of focusing on the details of the technical issue, the key would be to elucidate the conceptual background to it. Obviously, this has to be done in a way that respects character and which eschews heavy-handed exposition. Which is hard. It would have to be a much slower burn in terms of action. I think you'd have a single hack maybe taking an entire season :)
I think though this approach has been successfully used in Film and TV when representing politics. They manage to show how big issues break down into specific pragmatic issues and then how those pragmatic issues in turn feedback.
- 0xcde4c3db 10y ago> Maybe I'm missing something but one of the core technical conceits driving the first few episodes is that an IP address found inside a "dat" file is compelling evidence that the person with that IP address was guilty of something. Of having an IP address that somebody typed into a file? I didn't get that. As I say perhaps I misunderstood. It's been a while, but as I understood it, the "dat file" was (ostensibly) part of a professional forensic dump of a filesystem on a compromised server, and the IP was buried somewhere in the malware itself as the address from which commands were accepted.