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Creepy!
16 years ago
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I liked the look of Repo Men from the teasers. Repossessing artificial organs? Creepy! Now that it's two weeks out and the trailers are hitting the TV (and the plot is revealed) I like it even more. I'm resigned to the fact that I'm going to like the concept a lot more than the execution... but I still want to see it. Never has a Volkswagen Touareg looked so badass!
The creepiest thing of all about it? The verification page on the website for the red-band trailer. It's knows me. It *@&#ing KNOWS ME! This is not unbridled paranoia!
The site asks for first name, last name, ZIP code and DoB. Okay, that's a lot of information so why don't we feed it just the ZIP code and DoB. Nuh uh, "We are unable to verify your identity". Hmmm... it must know I'm leaving the name fields blank. I feed it first initial and last name. Bzzzt! Still can't verify my identity, so I give it full first name... still no dice.
Well, now what? Is it broken? I'm giving it everything it wants and it still says it can't verify my identity. A ruse? On a whim, I change the ZIP code to my old SoCal address... and it accepts it and launches the red-band trailer. o_O Holy cow, it actually verified who I was and where I used to live, so it has access to _some_ kind of on-line database that had a previous billing address.
The hacker mindset kicked in and I beat up the verification a bit more. First initial with full last name works, but it definitely ties it to the ZIP code. The DoB seems to be independent... it checks the date range first and then goes after who you actually are. So you can verify who you are and then punch in a bogus DoB that makes you seem older than you are... but if they know who you are, don't think it's not all being logged somewhere. If there is a complaint in the future, they have proof that a verified person was there forging the birth date. I suppose if you get a hold of someone else's information you can get in.
Go ahead, try to spoof it with bogus information. Let me know if you do it, too. But apparently enough of your information is out there to verify who you are, and it's easy enough to access (not necessarily meaning easy to get, but easy to buy the rights for) that they're using it for movie trailers.
Creeeeepy!
The creepiest thing of all about it? The verification page on the website for the red-band trailer. It's knows me. It *@&#ing KNOWS ME! This is not unbridled paranoia!
The site asks for first name, last name, ZIP code and DoB. Okay, that's a lot of information so why don't we feed it just the ZIP code and DoB. Nuh uh, "We are unable to verify your identity". Hmmm... it must know I'm leaving the name fields blank. I feed it first initial and last name. Bzzzt! Still can't verify my identity, so I give it full first name... still no dice.
Well, now what? Is it broken? I'm giving it everything it wants and it still says it can't verify my identity. A ruse? On a whim, I change the ZIP code to my old SoCal address... and it accepts it and launches the red-band trailer. o_O Holy cow, it actually verified who I was and where I used to live, so it has access to _some_ kind of on-line database that had a previous billing address.
The hacker mindset kicked in and I beat up the verification a bit more. First initial with full last name works, but it definitely ties it to the ZIP code. The DoB seems to be independent... it checks the date range first and then goes after who you actually are. So you can verify who you are and then punch in a bogus DoB that makes you seem older than you are... but if they know who you are, don't think it's not all being logged somewhere. If there is a complaint in the future, they have proof that a verified person was there forging the birth date. I suppose if you get a hold of someone else's information you can get in.
Go ahead, try to spoof it with bogus information. Let me know if you do it, too. But apparently enough of your information is out there to verify who you are, and it's easy enough to access (not necessarily meaning easy to get, but easy to buy the rights for) that they're using it for movie trailers.
Creeeeepy!
The movie does look interesting, but it has a very "Logan's Run" feel to it. Not the setting but the scenario. The repo man hunts people down, but through mishap becomes one of the hunted? Yes, it has been done many times before, but hopefully Jude Law can bring some fresh perspective to the character. I like his movies. Of course, with Forest Whitakar as support you know it will be good.