The World Of Watch Dogs Is More Plausible Than You’d Think

9 responses to “The World Of Watch Dogs Is More Plausible Than You’d Think”

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   neo_kaiser

   July 4, 2014 at 4:07 pm

   I thought Watch Dogs wasn’t plausible because real hacking isn’t simply just pointing and pressing a button.

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      kaflooey

      July 4, 2014 at 4:14 pm

      Well, you do have to *hold down* the button. But clearly the joining the pipe flow minigames were more in tune with what real hacking is like.

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      piat

      July 4, 2014 at 4:17 pm

      The pointing no, that is pretty far fetched, the pressing a button yes, script hacking has existed for years, in the early 2000s it got really common with the sub7 virus that literally anyone who knew how to operate windows could use to start hacking people.

      Yes someone had to do the hard work in creating these scripts in the first place but if it exploits a reliable whole in a system it can become as easy as clicking a button. This is why I find everyone’s critique over the hacking in Watch Dogs to be such a silly point, of course they arent going to go through the process actually involved in the set up of his ability to hack these things, that would be boring and tedious.

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         neo_kaiser

         July 4, 2014 at 4:19 pm

         Wouldn’t a pre-set program be easily countered by simple security measures that changes the programming prerequisites?

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            piat

            July 4, 2014 at 4:30 pm

            Only if the security flaw is found and only until it is fixed, the sub7 virus was around for 12 months or more and you’d presume a simple fix. Also considering what Aiden seems to be doing in WD is using hardline access into the system it creates further difficulties in closing the hole, because its no longer patching a network flaw but finding and closing his way into the access point.

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      inquisitorsz

      July 4, 2014 at 7:14 pm

      http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/business/2014/Ubisoft-Consulted-with-Kaspersky-Lab-to-Authenticate-Watch-Dogs-Script

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   gingerchris86

   July 4, 2014 at 4:40 pm

   Its quite obvious that its plausible in this day and age. Just look at what facebook did with that experiment.

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   patrickbateman

   July 4, 2014 at 5:17 pm

   And how do you know how plausible I think it is, oh viral headline writer?

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   germinalconsequence

   July 4, 2014 at 8:32 pm

   Apparently the world of Watch_Dogs is more plausible than completely possible because I was already aware just how easy it is becoming for people to hack otherwise critical systems. It’s really quite alarming how at risk we are because technology and companies just can’t keep up with those who would exploit it for their own benefit. Although half the problem is because technology itself is making it easier and easier to break security.

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   kapi7an

   July 4, 2014 at 10:15 pm

   Hi. If You are looking for Watch Dogs take a look at kinguin dot net

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