In September 1992 , the data processor hacking movieSneakershit theaters . To correspond with its launch , members of the printing press received a floppy disk moderate a cryptic DOS program that , when launch , asked for a password . Once the reporters " hack " their way in , they found theSneakersComputer Press Kit . Thanks to the Internet Archive , you canplay at being the motion picture press of 1992 .
It ’s hard to characterize precisely what this electronic crush kit is . Is it a game ? Sort of . It ’s essentially a very easy data processor hack simulator , in which the " hacking " consists wholly of guessing word ( complete with helpful prompting from the programme itself ) , and the cargo you discover is zany stuff like miniskirt - biographies of Robert Redford , Dan Aykroyd , and Sidney Poitier . Still , it ’s a good mate for the film itself , which helped set the templet for Hollywood depictions of figurer hacking .
Always remember:“My voice is my passport . Verify me . “Now , get cracking on this press kitand do n’t be flummoxed — if you ca n’t figure out a parole right away , just wait a mo .
( Incidentally , Sneakersdid also include publish cloth for the press , in typesetter’s case they lacked a data processor and/or the forbearance to deal with this glide slope . But who in the macrocosm would look at that , when they could play with this ? There ’s also a method in the Computer Press Kit that allow the exploiter to impress out more elaborate materials — provided they have a printer , and it ’s impound to a special pressman larboard on the computer . )
