Mr. Robot Sucks

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[@Kirbyterasu]

"I'm gonna leave it at that" **goes into explicit and personal detail why he fucking hates Mr. Robot**

[@hurz506]

Guy's a muppet.

[@stevenhetzel6483]

Classic case of not separating the art from the artist. I watched EVERY episode of Mr.Robot over the course of two days. Couldn't sleep. Shit was fantastic.

[@Kirbyterasu]

@@stevenhetzel6483 Who asked

[@dilutedskiff6840]

@@Kirbyterasu who needs to? dude was on topic lol go touch grass

[@Kirbyterasu]

@@dilutedskiff6840 "touch grass" is not the scathing catch-all you think it is

[@realitycheck816]

Bro how many side quests has this guy done

[@itsmealex8959]

You don't understand bro, he's creating new side quests as we speak

[@MrGeocym]

120% speedrun

[@jamesdensham4948]

A lot. Including hacking power plants for the government

[@Morrowind4732]

Yes

[@troudbalos333]

He his the dragonborn

[@NaudVanDalen]

"I don't like Mr. Robot. I'm just going to leave it at that." > elaborate further > doesn't leave

[@darkin1484]

ZetaChad Male

[@wydua2049]

Full release male

[@honooryu5374]

​@@wydua2049that's a new one and quite funny

[@Scaranubis]

>seated

[@thaias9654]

​@@honooryu5374It's from a different short

[@prdprdprdprdprdel]

Chat: "Hey, have you heard CERN finally created a functioning anti-matter generator?" Thor: "Oh, yeah.. Actually, they copied the blueprints and theory from my third-grade science project. Not cool haha.." *Shows proof*

[@The_Cost_Of_Living]

Is this a meme or did this happen lol

[@mischa7823]

@@The_Cost_Of_LivingMeme but at this point it could be real, let's be honest. Thor has done so much sidequests :D

[@plasmodius9449]

​@@The_Cost_Of_Living yes, it's real. He did, in fact, blueprint an anti-matter generator at 9 years old.

[@carintus908]

Did they get the Blueprints for the time machine as well? Or they messed up and turn people into Jello?

[@CanadianFH]

They gave themselves the blueprints for the time machine that they got from themselves after they gave them to themselves.

[@gino14]

Me: Thinks he will hate it because of technical inaccuracies or because they didn't do their homework Him: Hates it because they _did_ do their homework - by copying his

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

The worst way to do your homework: cheating.

[@NemoConsequentae]

Plagerism is bad, mmkay?

[@oleg4966]

I had no idea Mr Robot had such a high IMDb rating. I personally watched Season 1 back in 2015, rolled my eyes a lot at how much research was done and how little _fact-checking_ was done on the results of said research, and dropped it after that nauseatingly bad season finale. Does S2 get better?

[@squirlmy]

@@oleg4966 gets worse. at least the first season plot roughly followed "Fight Club". In second season, there's a problem with trash pickup (like that never happens in NYC) some people on the street behave exactly as they do after any sport championship, and all the members(who were supposedly planning this for years) are immediately overcome with regret and guilt that they destroyed the economy. Other episodes later on include events "that were all just a dream", and an episode that is structured like a corny advertising bit -leaves all sense of reality. Perhaps there's also a musical number similar to the Star Wars Christmas Special later on, it wouldn't surprise me.

[@Tsonerof]

It's just basically one of the best rated show mate stop saying stupid things..

[@fabian6087]

This went from "He's just saying that, how bad could it be" to "oh it's legitimately stupid" really quick.

[@Lolerburger]

It's not really that stupid. It's amazing that they even went to that length at all to get the tiny details of the show right. Not knowing it was someone's phone number is an honest mistake. Making your number the solution to a publicly accessible resource is just as stupid if we're being fair.

[@fabian6087]

@@Lolerburger I really dont care about this, they used something for their 120 million dollar budget show without checking entirely what it was and thats just stupid.

[@Lolerburger]

@@fabian6087 they did check bud... they just didn't check every single detail down to the nails in the floorboards. Mr robot was literally the most technically accurate show of any hacker show/movie ever. Time to lighten up on the "I'm smarter than everyone" bit.

[@jasonninja55]

​@@LolerburgerIf I were writing a story and wanted to include something from a paper I read I would at the very least try to reach out to the creator to understand the concept more as to portray it accurately. That is assuming I had the resources that a show like Mr. Robot does.

[@Lolerburger]

@@jasonninja55 you'd get fired immediately for wasting time on a detail only 0.01% of people would care about. This is why you don't get anything done and the people you're criticizing make multi-million dollar TV shows.

[@MrGeocym]

Not only did they steal the material, they also removed the signature of the puzzle creator. So they knew enough to know what that was and decided it was ok to take it as their own anyway

[@PeachDragon_]

Tv show companies stealing stuff? What a surprise. Disney has Literally stolen every new star wars ship design from various fans.

[@pogolaugh]

To be fair his username literally tells people to steal material that isn’t theirs.

[@ghostmkc4045]

@@pogolaugh the irony lolol

[@Fapjockey101]

​@@pogolaugh There's quite a difference between pirating for private use vs broadcasting it to the world

[@duckmeat4674]

​@@Fapjockey101maybe you understand why pirating sucks now

[@NuclearAmouri]

Imagine being so legendary that TV shows steal from something you did for fun.

[@koaglide]

honesty happens to me all the time

[@hdjono3351]

@@koaglidesame

[@victorbartlinski4319]

​@@koaglidesame

[@HoushouRattengod]

Einstein copied from me.

[@ワˬワ]

@@HoushouRattengodsame

[@gerrycortez4656]

“Let’s not ask the dude what’s the puzzles mean so we can get away with plagiarism” *doxes puzzle master*

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Hopefully there was some sort of blowback from that, to at the very least prevent that from happening again.

[@sygish]

Thor probably shouldn’t have put a real phone number in at a hacker convention… lesson learned.

[@xxilemoon1768]

@@sygishthor wasnt the one who did it. it was the puzzlemaster who did.

[@research417]

The puzzlemaster actually worked as a creative consultant on the show which Thor left out.

[@Bach-o3s]

Thank you ​@@research417

[@BH-LGB]

So they took public information!?

[@krevetka9744]

And now years later I'm finding out that Thor was in my life all this time. As Blizzard employee, as Mr. Robot's source material. Hell, maybe my Windows update contains some of his internet security work.

[@Overqualification]

Unironically very likely

[@garrettst6168]

And the son of the Warcraft guy from South Park

[@eye9have5you35]

Maybe he is even your father 🤔

[@tachobrenner]

Mr. Spectre

[@GHOST25938]

The lore of this man is even deeper then the Marian trench

[@dakattack8900]

Could you imagine the new episode drops and within an hour or two you’re just getting thousands of phone calls and you have no idea why..

[@brytonmassie]

Lawsuit time!

[@SNMG7664]

once i found out i'd have answered each call and just said horrible horrible things to the people so the show gets bad reviews lol

[@spittyjr.2181]

They actually removed the puzzle watermark or something so they knew what they were doing according to some comment.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

​@@spittyjr.2181 If you take the time to remove a watermark, you can take the time to make a phone number no longer work. There's a whole fake area code explicitly for that purpose. Inexcusable.

[@cassiee.3969]

I think you'd figure out why by the first or second call. "Hello" "I solved the puzzle" "What puz... the one from Defcon? That's over. I mean, good job but there's no prize" "Um... no? The one from Mr. Robot?" "Excuse me?"

[@Humblemumble7]

Legends say he did not, in fact, "leave it at that"

[@KinshinReaper]

Only Hero's "leave it at that", which is why Hero's prosper, but Legends never die. Cheesy, sure, but I still enjoyed it.

[@Wittgenstein.]

He wanted to leave it at that but the desire to brag was too strong lolol

[@Diegoshadow85]

This guy is making things up. I'm telling you in a year or two some other guy will make video about him how he just makes things up and it's going to be another one of those "OMG HOW COULD HE??!!" moments in youtube creators.

[@Wittgenstein.]

​@@Diegoshadow85Interesting. You don't have any examples where you can prove he's lying, right?

[@grita382]

​@Diegoshadow85 Late to the party, but all that he said here is public info and can be found a single google search, including most of his achievements. You can still find the perign pages write up he done from defcon which he is referring to.

[@lighthawkgames5805]

@@Diegoshadow85 Some people actually have interesting lives. They do things and sometimes things happen around them, or to them that are interesting. I could write a book.

[@Diegoshadow85]

@@lighthawkgames5805 Yea and many more just talk $hit lmao.

[@yahdood6015]

chat: “did you hear about Bob Lazar and the Area 51 reverse engineering projects?” Thor: “yeah not a fan. I worked with the guy. Lazar took my only source of element 115 along with my own personal research spanning 8 decades.”

[@Anankin12]

What has Moscovio to do with that

[@Trizzer89]

@@Anankin12 It is not naturally found on earth but is apparently used in anti-gravity (probably a lie)

[@adrianvulpes9509]

chat: “You were doing research personally for 8 decades? Sounds impossible, you’re sus.” Thor: “That’s also why I am so pissed with him stealing element 115, I am aging again.”

[@theunfunnyjokester]

Other than this, the show is actually really well made but I understand why you would be pretty pissed at the show

[@PirateSoftware]

Totally agreed! It soured it completely for me.

[@0oShwavyo0]

@@mnywisesounds more like plagiarism than hacking to me 🤷‍♂️

[@rocklemillion8041]

@@mnywisehacking isn’t the same as plagiarism you donut

[@zawadlttv]

i hate people that delete their comments and leave a hole to fill

[@theunfunnyjokester]

@@zawadlttv fr bro but at least they know what they commented was shit

[@staxxonstaxx6264]

"I'm just gonna leave it at that" *Proceeds to not just leave it at that* 😂

[@darudy]

He went full Kanye lmao

[@lucasliboiron7342]

Hey, i just read your tumblr post. Incredible. You should totally do a video explaining this whole situation. Completing the Defcon badge.

[@PirateSoftware]

Not a bad idea. I went on to win at DC 23, 24, and 25. Two for Cryptography and one for Telephreaking. A video talking about it all would be fun to do honestly.

[@lucasliboiron7342]

@@PirateSoftware Are you kidding me? That is insane. That is three different video ideas. Regardless if you do individual videos, creating a general videos describing your methodology, work progress, feeling, and overall experience participating in the DEFCON challenges.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

I don’t understand, are you planning on making a video explaining it still?

[@PirateSoftware]

I end up talking about it on stream pretty much daily. KZbin is secondary content to my livestreams on Twitch so I don't plan a lot of videos.

[@vilioksgrigolius191]

Yes. I need the strory need the contex. Don't know what words to google to find ouy, even if it would find anything.

[@gazpitchy]

This guy's ego knows no bounds

[@Sigthorino2021]

This seems factually dubious. The guy that created the Defcon 22 puzzle, LosT AKA Ryan Clarke, was a consultant for Mr. Robot. It seems more likely that he gave them the puzzle idea, not that they stole it from your writeup. How is the only source of that knowledge your writeup when the "puzzlemaster" was a consultant on the show? Certainly he had that knowledge as well?

[@BL00DYME55]

@@Jason17300 And a million NPC-fans brough here by YT shorts algorithm that will idolize and defend him without even trying to fact check anything he says. Literally every one of his shorts I see, according to all the comments: (deep voice + confidence) x (common sense) = Profound Knowledge

[@earthboundretro]

@@BL00DYME55 this dude writes "MONEY = $" in mspaint and his sycophants jack him off over it

[@DerusGrindz]

Well, the puzzlemaster would know his own phone number, yes.. Are you simple? lmao

[@DerusGrindz]

@@BL00DYME55 Whats wrong with idolizing people? You know no one is infallible right? If you can't have people to look up to because they make mistakes then we are truly doomed as a society.

[@Sigthorino2021]

@@DerusGrindz The problem is idolizing people without doing the 2 minutes of research to realize that this story was full of flaws and wildly inaccurate. Instead, people take the story as 100% factual and look down upon a fantastic show and its creators for doing something "wrong" when they absolutely did none of that shit. I didn't even touch on the puzzlemaster's phone number bit. If you take a look at the actual puzzle solution writeup, unless I'm misreading something (which is very possible) it doesn't appear to have the puzzlemaster's personal cell phone number anywhere in it, nor does it reference that it would require it. It does have a phone number in it, which is plain as day in the writeup. Also, to your previous comment's point, if it does have the puzzlemaster's cell phone number in it he likely, for some reason, approved it BECAUSE HE WAS A CONSULTANT ON THE SHOW.

[@dromedda6810]

a classical whoopie daisy. this is hilarious, and what they did was hilariously awful

[@L_Lawliet1907]

Yeah its weird that Kor Adana (Technical Lead on the show) never reached out with the DEFCON puzzlemaster or this dude to ask about the contents of the puzzle. Definitely dumb to do. But this is a valuable lesson to the puzzlemaster to not put your personal phone number as part of the puzzle.

[@user-co6ww2cm9k]

​@@L_Lawliet1907 oh god shut up

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@L_Lawliet1907Tf are you talking about? It wouldn’t have ever been a problem if nobody stole the write-up.

[@L_Lawliet1907]

@@DeathnoteBB Except the show never actually completed the entire puzzle, the write up which was public was the only likely way people could've completed the puzzle and found the puzzlemaster's number. This also wouldn't have been a problem if the puzzlemaster used a burner phone for the event instead of the personal cell phone number, but still I'm just considering both sides, you don't need to be so hostile about it

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@L_Lawliet1907 LMAO what was at all “hostile” about anything I said? 😂

[@caisearle]

Him and his dad are the main characters, they just are apart of everything

[@itsfolf]

Forgot to mention that the maker of the puzzle was a creative consultant for the show and the phone number was just a pre-recorded tune player meant to get calls.

[@ElmoLahti]

Is this true? That would be quite embarrassing for the uploader here.

[@vierzwanzigen9722]

Thank you. Mr Robot's thing was that they prided themselves on getting multiple consultants from the hacking sphere.

[@MrGeocym]

He was not a consultant on the show at the time they released the tweet. He was brought on after the fact as part of the damage control.

[@vierzwanzigen9722]

@@MrGeocym Where's your proof he wasn't a consultant at the time? And what damage control? Did you watch the show?

[@drmonkeys852]

​@@ElmoLahtiJust looked it up. This story is actually hilarious. The puzzle is from s2 ep11 and yes Thor did do a write up of how to solve it, and I believe him when that's probably the only source. So yes the original creator of the puzzle did work on the show, but he only worked on it AFTER his puzzle was featured (likely he was on season 3 because there's a twitter post announcing he's working on one of the writers after the season 2. Also there's a reddit post from his account saying he controls the number and he doesn't work for the show.). The funny thing is he does control the number, and likely it's not his main cell but he does get calls occasionally and he answers it sometimes to troll people. He then made mr robot themed ARGs, so he took it pretty well in the end.

[@4amalreadyy]

Firstly, using your phone number as the solution to a publicly accessible puzzle is not a wise decision. Secondly, it appears you overlooked mentioning that the puzzlemaster served as a creative consultant for the show. I enjoy your shorts, but it's peculiar that you omitted the fact that the puzzlemaster was actually involved in the show's production.

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

He wouldn't be able to tell this story if he mentioned that fact.

[@Ziggy_Rotten]

Thanks for the extra context.

[@sivadirective9060]

The puzzlemaster was brought on as a consultant for season 3, this incident happened during season 2. They brought him in after this went down.

[@lavantant2731]

@@sivadirective9060 its theoretically possible they were in talks beforehand? i dunno

[@WalkthroughHorde]

@@sivadirective9060 they had a team of consultants in season 2, including people who worked on DEFCON I believe (i.e the guy who founded DEFCON and the head of security at DEFCON). They tweeted something about it when the episode aired, the puzzlemaster tweeted back that he loved the show, thought it was cool they used his puzzle, and said not to harass or hate them for using his puzzle. He then joined them as a consultant.

[@SuperRespect88]

me thinking he doesn’t like the plot: pretty fair drops the fact that they used his work without credit: oh

[@poiu477]

People are so weirdly possessive of "their" work. IP is trash and all information should be freely available to all. We shouldn't need to commodify information or art to live comfortable and happy lives.

[@GhostAeonWolf]

@@poiu477 thats argument that uncreative people and people that never came up with anything like to use. On the other hand, if you came up with something and you have to pay someone, because they came with exact, or almost same thing before you did, that is really bs.

[@SuperRespect88]

@@poiu477 for a show as big as mr. robot, i don’t think it compares to some forum or github info some guy is using on his school project. he’s not even asking for money, he just wanted credit lmao

[@Teuwufel]

​​@@poiu477 tell me you never made anything you were proud of without telling me Also, that's a thief mentality.

[@poiu477]

@@Teuwufel when I make something I’m proud of I want as many people to see it/use it as possible. I don’t care if I’m compensated or recognized for it, the creation itself and bringing it into the world is enough of a reward.

[@JackTDipper]

100% true! If I would use things from the series, I would be copyright slammed instant by them.

[@L_Lawliet1907]

Pretty sure that's basically USA Network copyrighting you not the show. Unfortunately they are pretty tight on stuff like that

[@Thejacka47]

Yeah, copyright is super lame

[@ryankane4984]

Yeah I’ve seen some great edits get removed. Which sucks because there really are some masterclass episodes

[@poiu477]

so? that doesn't make them right. All IP is trash and should be freely distributed.

[@NavidIsANoob]

You don't honestly believe this guy, right? Lmao

[@kimurain6956]

Hey Thor, are you gonna mention how the puzzle master of that year, LosT, worked on Mr. Robot? And are you gonna mention that viewers calling Mr. Robot got a different message than the defcon puzzle? And that it’s not his personal phone, but a specific server for this exact purpose?

[@cashmen2312]

But then he wouldn't be able to brag and virtue signal...

[@TealJosh]

Are you gonna mention that the solution was taken from Thor's writeup, which was the only source for that, without crediting or asking him and from the puzzle master, without crediting or asking them AFTER removing their alias from the end solution? Are you also going to mention that the puzzle solution was featured in s2, but the puzzle maker consulted s3 in what, to the outside looked like "don't be mad at us, take this consulting contract instead" -deal.

[@jackepner9984]

Of course he's not, because he's an attention-seeking child.

[@erfanashkan5925]

@@TealJosh but if the person who actualy made the puzzle was a consultant on the show would they realy need thor's writeup?

[@cykeok3525]

​ @TealJosh I know explaining shit dilutes how funny it is, but have to state that I do love how the guy is so confident in his "gotcha" that he uses an annoying snarky "are you gonna mention that".." when stating that the puzzle maker was a consultant on the show. Then you show how little he knows, that the puzzle actually appears in a Season 2 episode, and the puzzle maker was only hired as a consultant during Season 3.. and his tweets during the initial Season 2 airing clearly show that they didn't consult (or even INFORM him). So, obviously, hiring and crediting the puzzle maker AFTER the fact was an attempt to appease him so he didn't take action against them, fortunately he was cool with it.. yet Thor isn't credited for the solution either. And you started it by returning the annoying "are you gonna mention" XD

[@liqd]

“Opsec expert” -puts personal phone number in defcon puzzle 😂

[@kissmyass682]

He's in it for the pvp 😂

[@irishrocker1125]

seriously. you either respect OPSEC, or you don't.

[@christianherrera9524]

Underrated comment 😂

[@mamamiyalozatoz]

@@liqd it wasnt his puzzle did you even watch the video

[@fillymcwinkenbob4234]

It was someone else's puzzle that Thor was working on cracking. I think Mr. Robot stole that puzzle/solution, causing the puzzle master to get inundated. I'm not sure why they would use their personal number, but they need to understand security to make cryptographic puzzles and become as big as that puzzle master is.

[@hallowedjuggler350]

Also maybe never use your own information as a puzzle for a challenge you make. Maybe a phone you don’t use so it doesn’t matter but you are stupid if you do that with your main phone number

[@jotarokujo3603]

"I'm just gonna leave it at that..." So anyway, here's a detailed explanation of what happened.

[@x-xPhobia]

My brother, Thor, you have had a hell of a life lmao

[@JonathanTRomero]

He did not leave it at that

[@TopSpeedKertus]

Why tf would an OPSEC spec use their REAL phone number as a solution for a DEFCON puzzle? Bro I don't even bring my real phone into the DC convention center. Unreal man.

[@frydegz]

except it WASN’T the “personal” cell phone number of the challenge author, and (according to their Instagram bio) the challenge author was a CONSULTANT for the show. an Instagram bio is not definitive proof of anything, obviously, but a pretty big detail to leave out of this short.

[@1993rnicholson]

Read other comments and replies the dude was a consultant in season 3 not when the puzzle was aired and the phone was one of his side numbers Thor was wrong about it being his personal number more like a secondary but he did deal with the phone calls

[@frydegz]

@@1993rnicholson This wasn’t mentioned in any replies I saw. Despite that it doesn’t mean they didn’t have his permission, if they had him consult for S3 they could easily have already asked him beforehand. Is there any actual proof that they didn’t ask AND that it was a problem for him (the two claims in this short?) This streamer claims to know all these people, but then doesn’t disclose that he was a consultant in his story. So either he knew that and lied by omission, or he’s not as close to these people as he’s letting on. There’s no way you’d know the rest of this story and not know that detail.

[@1993rnicholson]

@@frydegz true but I trust Thor enough to give him enough credit to get passed the more dubious aspects of the story and most of the arguments against him in this comments section just dont hang together properly with even a basic look at the evidence and that doesn't touch on the butthurt fans

[@kek22219]

Lol this bloke talks so much crap... it's insane how many people actually believe his BS.

[@cyberdemon1702]

The man has the receipts. If you didn’t comment just on a feeling and bothered to watch him you’d see he’s a rare genuine article.

[@kek22219]

@@cyberdemon1702 Do your own research... 10 minutes of Google proved the story is loosely based on what he said... He adds so much "extra" to his stories...

[@axel_r_]

Legend has it that ChatGPT steals all its materials from Thor before looking at any other sources in its algorithm.

[@reynjoker]

Gotta love the irony of the channel name.

[@Sulferlines]

There's a difference between independent stealing from corporate, and corporate stealing from independent. Still ironic tho

[@fujster]

Bro thinks he's him. SURE bro link a source or shut up man

[@carlosmspk]

I don't follow. If one of the solutions was the puzzlemaster's personal phone number, doesn't that mean that your write-up also included that? I understand the problem with stealing your work as their own, but the phone number bit seems to not really be their fault

[@TimPortantno]

The irony that DefCon 26 had Mr. Robot badges...

[@mrbubbles6468]

I mean, the dude Thor’s talking about had worked on the show by then. I’d be surprised if they did not.

[@cashmen2312]

Dark tangent, a prominent technical advisor for the show, is the founder of Defcon. The Mr. Robot badge at Defcon 26 was an indie badge, not the official badge.

[@OctagonalSquare]

People see ten digits and they will try calling it

[@smutserkling6848]

The show is however phenomenal.

[@LeoFieTv]

So the Mr.Robot crew doesn't even know tv writing 101.

[@alpd9738]

Idk what anything he said means but based regardless.

[@MobileGamingLegendz]

Now i have to rewatch mr robot to see what he is talking about here lol

[@lordkek5817]

>I don't like Mr robot I'm just going to leave it at that. Well that was a fucking lie!

[@drummerkingrulez672]

This man's lore runs deeper than the mariana trench.

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

when he says that they should not have taken the information, what he means is they had every right to take the information but he emotionally dislikes that fact so lies and says they shouldn't have taken it while calling them mean names. this is one of the most egotistical versions of Thor you'll see so don't hold it against him, he's a good guy, but this aint it.

[@waterbloom1213]

@@dizzlebizzle8424 I agree bar the phone calls. That was negligent. Using publicly available information as a mechanism inside a story is not stealing. Either that or all content consumed and created ever is stolen.

[@shelbyseitzinger927]

Wow.... no credit given and doxxed a random person. Great job writer's...

[@Reiman33]

so the answer is: very accurate maybe too accurate.

[@omgabaddon]

Perhaps it wasn't very smart to let his phone be the solution to a puzzle he released to hackers in the first place.

[@mrbubbles6468]

I mean, it was only to the people there at the time originaly. Being used in a widely watched show was not forseen

[@communications23]

OK I was expecting factual criticism not a personal beef 😂

[@joeiechristiansantana9641]

To be fair, it's a bit doxx-y. It's literally someone's phone number.

[@communications23]

@@joeiechristiansantana9641 Absolutely, I was just expecting something like "the way they did this hack is unrealistic". Not something this involved and connected to real life

[@spythere]

Yeah, you've just ruined the fact I adored this series, thanks, bye *clicks don't recommend this channel*

[@pot4017]

the creator of the puzzle was literally the consultant of the show, they didnt steal anything lol

[@mentionifwrong]

Yeah, I’m not buying that at all

[@Alphanerd2]

"as [someone in this community] what do you think about [person]." "I have beef with [person]"

[@SuperBigk24]

Engagement

[@basvandiepen2772]

you didn't leef it at that

[@TaeringYT]

no wonder your whole studio is a complete failure

[@itsTyrion]

?

[@cyberdemon1702]

Eh? He’s sold like 100,000 copies of his game and there’s only 3 employees. And it’s still in early access. Dudes crushing it in other areas too.

[@Dunkeyhote]

Lots of people do defcon puzzles tho maybe just someone consulted who did them?

[@brudylpear3080]

But... You didn't answer. You just expressed your personal feelings. How ACCURATE is the show?

[@GameFaceZA]

Crazy!

[@kamalnoor5611]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 holy shit

[@Sarge92]

sorry but maybe dont make the answer to a puzzle at A HACKER CONVENTION your personal cell number? i mean the wall of sheep doesent include idiots who post there cellphone number but there you go next time use a burner number

[@lucifermorningstar1636]

Mr. Robot is overrated IMO, tried watching season 1, almost finished it, fell asleep many times through it. Kudos to people who completed it, could never stand a 4th wall breaking character other than Ryan as Deadpool. There is only so much talking, before you end up over-doing it and Rami Malek’s character kept over-doing it.

[@gguyllago]

To be fair, there is nothing more accurate than shamelessly stealing code you found online barely knowing what it does or how it works

[@evanmiller4502]

still the best show every aired on television

[@Galf506]

Isn't it on you though? You decided to have a writeup that included the personal number of that guy, unless it was a private piece of paper that they stole, I fail to see why it's their problem though! And I have no opinion on the show, never seen it, just that this seems like textbook human factor security fail

[@mrbubbles6468]

Because it’s rather standard practice in the industry that if you are going to use someone’s work that you give credit or ask first.

[@alchemicpink2392]

@@mrbubbles6468 I feel like Galf doesn't understand what plagiarism is.

[@thatcanadian]

That was plagarism by Mr. Robot, not cool. But I mean, why did you put the puzzle master's phone number out into the internet? That's kinda on you too.

[@andreisamarin3517]

I dont really get it. What material did they exactly steal? If it was on public sources how could they "steal it" ? And if it wasn't, how did they get access to this material?

[@gurilagardnr2688]

How does his head fit through the door?

[@zainengalerion6832]

The irony of working opsec and then using his personal number as the answer to a puzzle... you deserve that... lol

[@sp3edstr]

I love how he hates the show Not for its inaccuracies of the hacker world but he hates the show Because they were accurate and stole actual working scripts 😂

[@robertlean4563]

maybe the person that was the idiot was the puzzle master himself ( in that particular instance) by using his own personal phone number

[@Ghost31191]

I wish he'd speak more about the show, about how true to life it is compared to other media in terms of "hacking". Y'know, the thing I like about it. I want him to say good things about something I like.

[@D6Soldier]

Sounds like yhe real but of stupidity was putting your personal phone number out there... Just saying

[@WalkthroughHorde]

After the pilot of Mr. Robot aired, a lot of cybersecurity people were hired, and by season 2 this included the founder and director of DEF CON and Black Hat Briefings, as well as DEF CON's head of security. When this episode aired, the head of that team posted "Who caught the @defcon 22 badge challenge reference in tonight's episode? Thank you to @thedarktangent and @1o57" (@thedarktangent being Jeff Moss, founder and director of DEF CON) To which 1o57 replied, "I'm flattered, and I really enjoy the show. It's ok guys, no need to attack @KorAdana he is doing a great job." Given they had access to the director of the conference, thought the puzzle was cool, put it in, and credited the guy who made it (who okayed it and went on to also consult for the show), what right does a guy who solved it have to be mad over it the puzzle being used?

[@WalkthroughHorde]

also I've read in these comments that that number wasn't the personal phone number of 1o57, but a number that he controlled. I don't know why Thor thinks it's his personal number, since he worked to solve the puzzle, and in that puzzle when you called the number it played piano notes you had to decode (The part in the show was just step 1 of many). Got that information from his write up btw! Had to make sure to credit him so he doesn't come for me next

[@TheOnion12]

It’s still a great show and quite possibly the greatest ending to any show.

[@theanonlorist]

@@TheOnion12 "freak the government, freak the world" goofy ahh show..but again which show isn't .. they're worse than anime

[@walp8408]

​@@theanonlorist you dont understand mr robot, maybe dont put things in your comment if you dont know what it is

[@CentigradeMind]

Lmao 😂

[@SpawnRO86]

Okay, so probably this is the first time I think Thor is in the wrong. I mean most movies or tv shows have to do some research and it they inspire themself from real life, no? How many movies have you seen where the story is inspired from real life but it shows it differently than it actually happened and still it was great? Countless! Thor's personal stake seems to blind him and does not rate the show honestly. You can say it's bad if you don't like it. But the show is great (in my humble opinion). What is a greater surprise is Thor finally showing he is human like the rest of us.

[@golbez3794]

a lot of the things they were doing on mr robot were already obsolete by the time the show aired...

[@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568]

Wait a minute. Information is meant to be free. Did you publish your article with a restrictive license?

[@mrbubbles6468]

No. But most people know to credit where they get stuff from if they do take it.

[@splurgy.]

Goteem lol

[@Draliseth]

... they didn't 555 the number?

[@marcusmyge]

Seems they didn't understand that the solution was a phone number. But I am not up-to-date on the series, so I don't know how it was portrayed.

[@Dr-Dre]

I don't think they had any real idea what the fuck they were using at all. They didn't even know the solution was someone's personal number & just put it in the show haha

[@MadCDeeJay]

for that they need to understand and modify the puzzle for a different result. Math is hard when you steal stories for a living

[@ExploitGarage]

​@MadCDeeJay but the stolen story was on a stolen puzzle, who's to blame here?

[@Hvleos]

I love mr. Robot. It was a good show and got me into cybersecurity. Now is it accurate to real life? Ehhh not really but it did inspire me and i found out that I enjoy it more than I thought i would.

[@neotuxxedo]

If you started a coding channel I would be the first subscriber

[@davidprice2675]

Dude got the whole ‘I have a girlfriend now, but you won’t know her, she goes to a different school’ vibes down to a tee

[@zach9036]

He has 3 Defcon Black Badges, which is one of the highest awards a team or individual can get at Defcon. I have zero issues believing a show about hacking used some info from one of his reports without asking. It is possible however that they got the same info from someone else that was there and not his report. It could have been a "this one time at Defcon" story and they just ran with it.

[@mrbubbles6468]

His sources for this are linked and available in the info of the short

[@TheFreeBro]

It’s almost like they used publicly available information when researching a show about opsec. How dare they use the work I contributed to the community. What scum. I’m better than them

[@tax1643]

The thing about publicly available information is - you still have to credit the people who created it. Otherwise it's called plagiarism. This is especially problematic when you're making money based on said plagiarized information.

[@MrGeocym]

Always love your insights! Hope to see many more in the future

[@respawn76]

I guess if they took from Thor then the show is pretty accurate! 😂

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

i get karen vibes from this guy, maybe it's the intentionally timed blinking after saying certain things

[@Gafferman]

Why does this guy keep cooking up these random claims, can we even prove this?

[@mrbubbles6468]

Yes. We can. Google it.

[@1993rnicholson]

You can it pretty much just turns up as morally dubious and possibly slightly illegal on the part of the mr Robot guys but it was also lazy in that those guys didn't even try to understand the puzzle or its answer and didnt even change it at all

[@Gafferman]

@@1993rnicholson since this comment, I looked it up and found that he utterly misrepresented it. The guy behind it was literally brought in to work on the show... It's not morally dubious.

[@1993rnicholson]

@@Gafferman after he got ddosed

[@Gafferman]

@@1993rnicholson not sure what you're taking about. Point is, guy in the video is a pathological liar

[@nickst2797]

Dude, you are a narcissist.

[@arturbalisa2613]

He’s Thor

[@mrbubbles6468]

Seems perfectly reasonable to be irked that a million dollar show that clearly used your work did not reach out to you to ask if they could. Especially when doing so is often standard practice.

[@1993rnicholson]

​@@mrbubbles6468 or even just alter the puzzle but its not like they even tried to understand it in the first place

[@centipedekid9824]

Maybe don't put you personal number into write ups

[@mikegrey3835]

I don't like Mr. Robot because I wanted to watch a show about a hacker, but it was a show about a loser junkie.

[@Max.98]

Source: trust me

[@Jimey28]

Source: he's an opsec specialist who won multiple competitions in cryptography, what are you on about bro lol

[@Max.98]

@@Jimey28 So that's why I have to dislike Mr. Robot

[@NavidIsANoob]

​@@Jimey28he did a write-up on his blog and he's mad that it got used? This is what internet fame does to a man's ego.

[@Thegbear]

Source: it’s him. He’s the source. He did it. Literally primary source.

[@onekun5233]

@@Max.98He's not telling you to do anything.

[@taffynay]

You're wrong! How can clowns have shoes if they don't have feet!!

[@men_of_god7]

“Stole from me” Ok bud. And my dad is the president of Xbox

[@HappyVitalLife]

All of this guy's stories are like that. He definitely doesn't have a massive inflated ego at all

[@williamhamilton5868]

Yeah. Notice how he pads his "credibility" with unfalsifiable and unverifiable stories?

[@lewd6764]

​@@williamhamilton5868yeah, but this time is actually pretty easy to verify stories, DefCon isn't some top secret shit, check somewhere from DC 22 to 24, pretty sure it is from there

[@slothhouseproductions4231]

Yeah, this guy is the biggest bullshirt artist I've seen for a bit

[@hex5874]

you know you can look up that he took part in that competion and won a Black Badge for Capture the Flag in 2014(DEF CON 22), for god sakes there is a photo of him and his team on thier website

[@TheMarslMcFly]

I only have seen the first season of Mr. Robot. It sucked ass.

[@LexDevil]

Calm down bro lol it’s a cool show 🤷‍♂️

[@imstupid880]

>opsec specialist >puts personal phone number as a puzzle solution