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Superhero Secret Identities Aren’t Possible with Today’s Computing Technologies
- bigodbiel 5y agoPretty sure Superman/Clark Kent’s glasses is actually an adversarial attack, place it anywhere and the object/person will be mislabeled!
- whitesilhouette 5y agoAnd BatCave's waterfall has jamming properties to confound anybody in pursuit.
- gumby 5y agoDoes this also apply to evil geniuses? Or do they always stay “in character”? If so I may have to let the kiddo know that he needs to pick a different career to have when he grows up.
- webmaven 5y agoI think evil geniuses (and mad scientists, etc.) tend not to conceal their identity. Megalomania does have a downside. This doesn't seem to apply to your run of the mill superpowered criminals, though. If you are using your superpowers to rob banks, you tend to take the same sort of precautions to conceal your identity that ordinary bank robbers use.
- ncmncm 5y agoOur best superheroes don't need a secret identity, because nobody knows they are doing anything. We would only notice if they stopped.
- nickhalfasleep 5y agoThis still wouldn’t catch any magical sailor-moon style transformations.