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Topic	Which of these 'bypassing security' writing tropes do you find the silliest?
Zeus 10/02/20 12:01:12 AM #12:	DarkKirby2500 posted... Knowing a keypad code by dusting for fingerprints, because the order of the code doesn't matter. Pretty sure you can tell the order by which keystrokes are fainter than others >_> <_< >_> ~~Okay, maybe not, but it's still a cool trope.~~ That said, you have a chance of being right anyway and there's a logical way of excluding combinations. For example, if it's a 4-digit code with 1, 2, 5, and 9, you can generally assume that it won't be either that order or the reverse, which eliminates two possibilities right off the bat. And depending on the security measures, you might even be able to brute force your way through the rest instead of needing to be lucky with your first few guesses. DarkKirby2500 posted... Giving an electronic lock an electrical shock will cause it to unlock. Smashing the electronic systems of a lock will cause it to unlock. A cheap lock might be disarmed by either one of those, depending on how the mechanism works and what failsafes might be in place (ie, people don't necessarily want to be trapped behind a malfunctioning door). DarkKirby2500 posted... People using extremely easy to guess passwords for high security accounts (their own name, their catchphrase, etc.) Everyone hides a key under something next to locked doors. While these are always silly, they're also a good example of truth in fiction. A lot of people do hide keys by their front doors (where people are less likely to break into anyway) and companies sell things like fake rocks. And a lot of people do have shitty passwords, although the ability to guess it is silly and probably the silliest example here. DarkKirby2500 posted... I roll my eyes when I see these. It's like the writer wanted the pretense that a place has security but was too lazy to figure out a reasonable way for their characters to actually breach it. My favorite trope is catching the door -- A character can't figure out how to bypass a security measure, so he just waits for somebody with access to walk through it... and it never takes that long. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:945342109] in Which of t... [t:79012810]...</cite> <quote>DarkKirby2500 posted... </cite> <quote>Knowing a keypad code by dusting for fingerprints, because the order of the code doesn't matter.</quote> Pretty sure you can tell the order by which keystrokes are fainter than others >_> <_< >_> Okay, maybe not, but it's still a cool trope. That said, you have a chance of being right anyway and there's a logical way of excluding combinations. For example, if it's a 4-digit code with 1, 2, 5, and 9, you can generally assume that it won't be either that order or the reverse, which eliminates two possibilities right off the bat. And depending on the security measures, you might even be able to brute force your way through the rest instead of needing to be lucky with your first few guesses. DarkKirby2500 posted... </cite> <quote>Giving an electronic lock an electrical shock will cause it to unlock. Smashing the electronic systems of a lock will cause it to unlock.</quote> A cheap lock might be disarmed by either one of those, depending on how the mechanism works and what failsafes might be in place (ie, people don't necessarily want to be trapped behind a malfunctioning door). DarkKirby2500 posted... </cite> <quote>People using extremely easy to guess passwords for high security accounts (their own name, their catchphrase, etc.) Everyone hides a key under something next to locked doors.</quote> While these are always silly, they're also a good example of truth in fiction. A lot of people do hide keys by their front doors (where people are less likely to break into anyway) and companies sell things like fake rocks. And a lot of people do have shitty passwords, although the ability to guess it is silly and probably the silliest example here. DarkKirby2500 posted... </cite> <quote>I roll my eyes when I see these. It's like the writer wanted the pretense that a place has security but was too lazy to figure out a reasonable way for their characters to actually breach it.</quote> My favorite trope is catching the door -- A character can't figure out how to bypass a security measure, so he just waits for somebody with access to walk through it... and it never takes that long. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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