On the other end of the spectrum, while still simplified and exaggerated, there is "Person of Interest". They _must_ have some decent technical consultants for

On the other end of the spectrum, while still simplified and exaggerated, there is "Person of Interest". They _must_ have some decent technical consultants for the show because they rarely do the Hollywood style of UI and everything has a certain consistency throughout the production. They take technology terms and mostly use them correctly - most recently building a "mesh network" over NYC for private voip communication with "rolling encryption" using existing UHF TV antennae on rooftops (UHF covering up to 3GHz - standard wifi being 2.4GHz). Could that actually be done? Dunno, maybe - probably not as simply or quickly as shown, but still, it shows effort.