The hacker example is the one I think of by default, since I think I've only seen it done ok in Mr. Robot. I'd love to see a hacker get a job at a software comp

The hacker example is the one I think of by default, since I think I've only seen it done ok in Mr. Robot. I'd love to see a hacker get a job at a software company, grind away for months only to leave a backdoor with a buffer overflow. Cinematically it would be hard to pull off, it would at least help if it could be a montage of the mundane and repetitive work needed. And, yes, like in your example with the corrupt police officers, these analogies pollute the Overtone window, and when you actually want to bring in better ones you're stuck since the public has to first get unstuck and then convinced of your ones. > Which of this is "oversimplified"? A problem I have with the organ analogy for instance is that it fails to explain that there are plenty of reasons for data to be transferred to multiple providers if it's required for business operations. It's the selling and abusing part that's wrong. Is it really closer to prostitution here, where giving something away for free in a controlled setting is fine, it's just that selling it is a problem? At the same time, sharing data with third parties should be done responsibly, and they should allow you to delete it once you bring it on their platform to run some analysis for instance. Maybe holding onto data is like babysitting or schooling? You're entrusted with someone's child, have some autonomy on how to behave with them and can even take the kids to the park, but they're never yours. Thanks as well, hopefully I managed to be a bit clearer.