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Follows hacker Connor, his best friend Avi and a cunning librarian who find themselves over their heads when forced to compete in a sophisticated dark web secret society's global recruitment... Read allFollows hacker Connor, his best friend Avi and a cunning librarian who find themselves over their heads when forced to compete in a sophisticated dark web secret society's global recruitment game.Follows hacker Connor, his best friend Avi and a cunning librarian who find themselves over their heads when forced to compete in a sophisticated dark web secret society's global recruitment game.
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- TriviaCicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that on three occasions has posted a set of puzzles to recruit codebreakers from the public. The first internet puzzle started on January 4, 2012 on 4chan and ran for approximately one month. A second round began one year later on January 4, 2013, and then a third round following the confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014. The stated intent was to recruit "intelligent individuals" by presenting a series of puzzles which were to be solved. No new puzzles were published on January 4, 2015. However, a new clue was posted on Twitter on January 5, 2016. In April 2017 a verified PGP-signed message was found: Beware false paths. Always verify PGP signature from 7A35090F. That message explicitly denies the validity of any unsigned puzzle, as recently as April 2017. The puzzles focused heavily on data security, cryptography, steganography, internet anonymity, and surveillance. It has been called "the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle of the internet age"and is listed as one of the "top 5 eeriest, unsolved mysteries of the internet," and much speculation exists as to its function. Many have speculated that the puzzles are a recruitment tool for the NSA, CIA, MI6, a "Masonic conspiracy" or a cyber mercenary group. Others have claimed Cicada 3301 is an alternate reality game. No company or individual has taken credit for it or attempted to monetize it, however.
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Far better than expected but could have been a lot more
Dark Web Cicada 3301 has a very interesting story; some well defined (but not totally) characters and decent acting / charisma.
The story is told (in comedy mode) by a very unreliable narrator that makes some things funny but others difficult to understand or unexplained.
The unexplained/unresolved situations conspire with the logic in the third act; but the surprising ending kinda restore it.
The movie was made with a limited budget; so action scenes are scarce but some technical knowledge was applied to the script making the computer scenes and the puzzles believable .
In brief; if you like techno thrillers is really a good watch; with good and not PC ending.
The story is told (in comedy mode) by a very unreliable narrator that makes some things funny but others difficult to understand or unexplained.
The unexplained/unresolved situations conspire with the logic in the third act; but the surprising ending kinda restore it.
The movie was made with a limited budget; so action scenes are scarce but some technical knowledge was applied to the script making the computer scenes and the puzzles believable .
In brief; if you like techno thrillers is really a good watch; with good and not PC ending.
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- Oct 17, 2021
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- شبكة الويب المظلمة: سيكادا 3301
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(location)
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- $10,637
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1
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