Law and Order: Access Nation

Based on what we have watched last meeting there are so  many issues that is stated about the computer and technological advancements but We don't know whether if its  true or not.
 
Law and Order: Access Nation is a film that dealt with computer security. The plot is about the murder of a psychologist that eventually led the investigators to a computer company that sells information about their clients. This film opened a lot of issues regarding computer users' security whether or not they are connected to the Internet.
The following issues that are dominant on the film are as follows:
1. Acquiring other person’s password
Passwords are of use in all kinds of transactions in the Internet. This little bit of information can pose a huge threat on the person being hacked, thus, acquiring of this information is vulnerable. Several techniques can be used to acquire a password. This includes guessing, brute force and phising.
Guessing is only effective on passwords that are easy. It might be the person’s birthday, his favorite pet’s name or other information that can be easily collected from the person to be hacked.
Brute force is a technique wherein the hacker will try to input random characters and he will then use an automatic tool to generate as many combinations as possible. It might take a very long time before the hacker successfully come up with the correct password most especially if the password is long.
Phising is one of the easiest and most common ways of acquiring a password. The attacker will create a fake logon screen where the user, hoping that he will be fooled, will enter his username and password. Once he submits this information, the attacker will be prompted and he will get the needed information, while unknowingly, the victim will be redirected to the home page of the site he just visited.


2. Possibility of recovering deleted files
Deleted files, even those files removed from the Recycle Bin or those files deleted by shift+delete can be still be recovered. Windows simply marks the hard drive space as being available for use by changing one character in the file table. With this in mind, you can still find a way of recovering these files thru different applications released to recover such files.