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b"Is it cast aside teenage wunderkinds who can seemingly dissect all things computer with the crack of a laptop to create designer chaos?\\xa0 They are portrayed smoking cigarettes, roller blading and always have media savvy branding!\\xa0 Too cool!\\nAny time a major breach is announced, the media conjures up their classic image of this hooded jedi-like figure in a dimly lit room with 0s and 1s swirling about. Film and TV has done a superb job of portraying our favourite computer hacker as the stereotyped quirky yet heavily crafted indie kid who wields the required dexterity to power-type at a moments notice, anywhere on the planet and inject themselves straight into anything from corporate servers, to traffic light control systems to Dinosaur based fun parks. It usually involves some superb visualisations of neon landscapes and swirling equations.\\nIn the episode\\xa0I unpack hacking and what it really is, with a few notable examples from the past few years.\\xa0 \\xa0\\nWarning! I may debunk Hollywood's sexy portrayal and expose hacking for what it really is... good ol' fashioned elbow grease.\\nThe shownotes for\\xa0the episode are here.\\nhttps://codifyre.com/coding/hacking-hackers-and-their-hacks-2018/\\nFollow us on...\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://www.twitter.com/codifyre\\nFacebook:\\xa0https://www.facebook.com/codifyre\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://www.instagram.com/codifyre.co.uk\\nWeb:\\xa0https://www.codifyre.com"