{"id":361,"date":"2023-11-04T19:03:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hexkey.co.uk\/lee\/?p=361"},"modified":"2023-11-04T19:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:03:21","slug":"person-of-interest-s4e19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hexkey.co.uk\/lee\/log\/2023\/11\/person-of-interest-s4e19\/","title":{"rendered":"Person of Interest S4E19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Notes for season 4 episode 19, “Search and Destroy<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04:04 Finch claims that “86% of networked devices” are using Castellum anti-virus. I’d be surprised if 86% of desktop\/laptop devices have full file-scanning anti-virus running, let alone “networked devices” as a whole. The release of Microsoft Security Essentials (and later Windows Defender) as free products means that there’s no near-monopoly in the PC anti-virus market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

07:07 We see in-universe gossip website “GXT News!”, which I’m assuming to be an analog of TMZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:00 A “castellum” is a small Roman fort or watchtower, so definitely in the genre of infosec company naming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:30 “When one of the studios got hacked, it was like a shotgun blast.” The hacking in this episode appears to be a combination of the 2014 Sony Pictures hack<\/a>, and the 2012 targeting of journalist Matt Honan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27:30 Samaritan is able to hack retractable bollards and cause car accidents – a core mechanic in Watch_Dogs (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

38:40 The prop used for the bulletproof case is, incredibly, not a Pelican – it’s a Samsonite Focus Inspector Briefcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

39:10 Inside the briefcase is a Faberg\u00e9 Egg. The machine instructs Root to smash it, and keep the case. It’s a gag, but we do get a glimpse of the Machine’s cold martial priorities. Art is worthless, but a bulletproof briefcase is of practical<\/em> value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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