" My fellow Americans, no hacker should be able to shut down our networks..." "A massiveattack." "Datais inaccessible." " Or invade the privacy of American families." " You're being watched and recorded." " I urge this Congress to protect our children's information." "Dearbrothersand sisters, now is the time to open your eyes." "I startedinterceptingall  thetrafficon yournetwork." "That'swhen Inoticedsomethingstrange." "That's when I decided to hack you." "[dramaticmusic]" "Wearefsociety!" "Wearefinallyfree!" "Weareontheverge  of taking down this virtual reality." "Exciting time in the world right now, exciting time." "¶¶" "Sothisiswhat  arevolutionlookslike." " Why did you do it?" " I wanted to save the world." "(narrator):" Mr.Robot," USA'sGoldenGlobe andPeabodyaward-winning originaldrama abouta vigilantehackerwith amissionto changethe world hasengagedaudiences likenoothershow." " "Mr. Robot" won two Golden Globes, three Critics' Choice Awards, butwhatreallysayssomething about" Mr.Robot"is  fans found this show even before the critics showed up, even before the awards showed up." "(narrator):" "Itsrealisticportrayal ofa worldwhereinformation isvulnerable, everyoneisbeingwatched, andanyonecanbecompromised hasfueleditsrise asa culturalphenomenon." " "Mr. Robot" comes at a time where you can't turn on the television or read a newspaper without hearing about some massive corporate or government hack." "(narrator):" "Buthowmuchoftheworld  portrayedby"Mr.Robot" ispossible?" "Alotmore thanyoumightthink." "Overthenexthour, we'llexamine what'strulyat riskin ourtechnology-obsessedworld." " The only completely secure computer is a computer that no one can use." "(narrator):" "We'lltalk tothecreatorand cast aswellas popcultureexperts aboutwhy"Mr.Robot" hasresonatedso powerfully." " Something incredibly prophetic happened on the show, almost, you know, weeks away from it happening in real life." "(narrator):" "Andthrough unprecedentedaccess tocybersecurityexperts andreal-lifehackers, we'll reveal how "Mr. Robot" is mirroringreal-worldscenarios ifnot outrightpredictingthem." " You look at the hacks that played out in season one-- gaining access to Steel Mountain, bumpingnextto someone tostealandclone theirproximitybadge, getting a backdoor in a phone-- all of those are hacks that we read about in the news" "every week now." "(narrator):" "Plus,we'llalsodiscuss what's in store for season two." " The second season--it's very different from season one." "[electricity powers up]" "(narrator):" "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" " And the Golden Globe goes to..." " "Mr. Robot." Yep." "(narrator):" Mr.Robot" isthebrainchild ofcreatorSamEsmail." " "Mr. Robot" is about this sort of modern society and the way we're so dependent on technology justtoevensocialize, so it's really about this guy who cannot connect, and the only way he does so is by hacking people." "(narrator):" Mr.Robot"tells thestoryof ElliotAlderson." "Bynight,he 'sa sociallywithdrawn butgiftedcomputerhacker whouseshisskills toexposethemisdeeds ofothers." " Wait, hold on." "I'll give you the money." "I'll pay you." "How much do you want?" "I'll pay you." "[siren wails]" " That's the part you were wrong about, Rohit." "I don't give a shit about money." "(narrator):" "Byday, he'sa cybersecurityexpert who'sbeenrecruited bythemysteriousMr. Robot tobringdown theverycorporation hewashiredtoprotect." " What if you could take down one conglomerate, a conglomerate so deeply entrenched in the world's economy that "too big to fail"" "doesn't even come close to describing it?" "(narrator):" "Together, with the hacker group fsociety, hesucceedsin crippling the world's most powerful firm, settinginmotion aglobalcrisis beyondanyone'scontrol." "EvilCorp,the  peopleoftheworld whohavebeenenslaved byyouhavebeenfreed." "Yourfinancialdata hasbeendestroyed." "(narrator): "Mr. Robot" features astellarensemblecast ledbytheCritics'Choice AwardwinnerforBestActor," "RamiMalek." " Getting in Elliot's head, as odd as it seems, is, you know, something I really enjoy, youknow,to go  intohispsychosis, whathe'ssufferingthrough, thegoodin him, thebad,theugly." "All of it is-- it's something that consumes me." "(narrator):" "ChristianSlater, winnerof theGoldenGlobeAward forBestSupportingActor, playsMr.Robot." " The relationship between Mr. Robot and Elliot-- youknow,thischaracter, Mr.Robot, comesintohislife andlureshimintohisworld  to become part of this team of people thatarereallylooking tochangesociety." "I tried to protect you, son, but they caught up to us." " What are you talking about?" "That's Darlene and Angela." " Elliot, who are you talking to?" " What do you mean?" "I'm talking to" "(narrator):" "Thisdarkandedgyseries, withitscinematicstyle andunpredictableplotlines, hasstruckachord withviewers." " The world of hacking really is sort of an obscure world to the general population, so the fact that we broke out in any way like that is incredibly shocking." "(narrator):" "KateCoyne, executiveeditorat "People,"" "andEmilyYoshida, entertainmenteditor at" TheVerge,"" "havecloselyfollowed "Mr.Robot's"rise toprominencein popculture." " I think "Mr. Robot" made such an impression because of the timeliness." "It'sinspiredbigdebates thatwentbeyondthe  eventsoftheshow." "I think that's always the sign of a show that is meaningful for the time inwhichit 'sbeingmade." "Thethingsthatconcernus, thebigideasthatconcern usatanygivenera- " "I think "Mr. Robot" really taps into that." " This is very much a show that could only exist in a post-WikiLeaks world." "Youknow,everybody,Ithink, probablysuspectsthat, onsomelevel, whatthey'redoing isbeingwatchedorrecorded." "When a cry goes up about the NSA or about Edward Snowden or something, a lot of people practically just shrug, like," ""Yeah, yeah, probably-- you're probably listening to my cell calls."" "That's crazy, but that's the state that we're in now." "Anybody can hack into anything." " His was the easiest to hack." "Password was 123456Seven." "Iwitnessedhis first" Iloveyou"" "withAngelaoverGchat." "ThenI witnessedthefirst ofmanyinfidelities withStellaB." " Everything about us is all digital." "It's all in a cloud." "Nowyoucangogetsomebody's socialsecurity,fingerprints, images,everything." "Youcanliterallytakeover  theirentirelife." "That's frightening." "It'snotlike they'retalkingaboutit inscience-fictionterms." "What they're tackling is something that's actually currently, right now happening." "(narrator):" "Comingup  on" Mr.Robotdec0d3d,"" "we'lltakeadeeperlook at theriseof hackingculture..." "There'salwaysbeen alittlebit of wish fulfillment to hacker stories in that they are the sort of modern superheroes." "(narrator):" "Andlearn howa Hollywoodmovie alerteda presidentto  thedangersof cybersecurity." "(narrator):" "Plus,we'llalsodiscuss what's in store for season two." " But first, a word from our corporate overlords!" " Come on, kid." "We got big things in store." "Big things." "(narrator):" Mr.Robot's" authenticportrayal ofcomputerhacking hasalertedus  tothereal-world dangersweallface." "Nowwe'llfindout justhow muchwe'reat risk." "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" " How about Global Thermonuclear War?" "(narrator):" "In1983, themovie"WarGames"" "foreverchangedtheway  wewouldlookathacking." " Ronald Reagan was apparently shown the movie "WarGames,"" "and he commissioned, you know, a study as to:" "Is this actually possible?" "And everybody was expecting the answer was," ""No, you can't start, you know, a global thermonuclear war" ""just by dialing up, you know, a computer accidentally and getting it to talk to you."" "And unfortunately, the answer came back going," ""Well, um, this is a little more possible than we thought."" "(narrator):" ""WarGames"alsospawned awholenewgeneration ofhackers." " I mean, I remember being a kid and watching Matthew Broderick do all that and going, "That's really cool." "That's really awesome," you know?" "And, by the way, he saved the world." " It's the first time that you saw Hollywood trying to depict what people could do with computers that went beyond just playing games and sending emails and got me even more excited in computers and computer hacking." "(narrator):" "Whatis hacking?" "Whohacks?" "Howandwhyisitexecuted?" "Togettheanswers,wewent toworld-renownedspecialists inthefieldofcybersecurity andtotheforemostexperts onthesubject, thehackersthemselves." " Everybody has a different answer on what a hacker is or what is a hack, but for me, it comes down to making technology do stuff it was never meant to do." "Theshow"Mr.Robot" I'mparticularfondof because they point out how, oftentimes, it's very simplistic, the hacking mechanism." "Sometimesit'shaving physicalaccess, soyoucanswapaSIM  outinaphone." "Othertimes, it'ssocialengineering." "It's not that they cracked some code or some encryption." "It's that they sent an email, andtheymisrepresented whotheywere,they-- andgotyoutoclick onanattachment andrunthecodeforthem or that they called up on the phone and pretended that they were, you know, a technical person" "to get you to give information." "Hello?" " Hi, this is Sam from Bank of E security fraud department." "Unfortunately, I have to inform you that your account's been compromised." "What?" "Whathappened?" " First, before I can answer any questions," "I need to verify some information." "Are you still at 306 Hawthorne Avenue?" " Yes, apartment 2C." " Great, and your security question, favorite baseball team." "Um,Yankees." "Idon'tremember this being a security question." " And lastly, your pet's name." "Um,Flipper." "Uh,whoam Ispeakingto?" "CanI getyournameandnumb- " "Withthosedetailsplus a dictionarybrute-forceattack, it'lltakemy program maybetwominutes tocrackhispassword." "Thelastfive,tenyears , hackinghasbecome likea newsuperpower that hasn't been invented, and because of everyone's reliance on technology and all your personal information being online, thispowerjustsort ofcameabout." "Hackingherwas simple." "Herpassword:" "Dylan2791." "Favoriteartist andtheyearinwhich shewasborn,backwards." "Peoplearehorrible at being sources of randomness, so, you know, somebody might think," ""Oh, I used my dog's name, my baby's name, and the birth-- and the birth date."" "That's a horrible password." "It might seem complicated to you, but we know how you think because you're a human, and humans are predictable." "Thisdoesn'tmakesense." "Didheknow Iwasgonnahackhim?" "Didheletme?" "I'mgonnaneed towipeeverything." " "Hackers," you know, it used to be a nasty word." "It was, like, synonymous with "criminal,"" "but now they're part of the system." "(narrator):" "But not all hackers arecutfromthe samecloth." " So a white hat hacker is one who would be hired by a corporation tohacktheirsystems for the sole purpose of finding the flaws, whereasblackhat--there's nopermissionwhatsoever, andit'susually formaliciouspurposes." "And then there's the middle ground, which is grey hat." "Hello,EvilCorp. Wearefsociety." "Overtheyears, we'vebeenwatchingyou :" "yourfinancialabuse ofthepoor, your corruption of governments, yourcover-upsof themurder ofinnocentordinarycitizens allforthesakeofprofit." "Thisiswhyweatfsociety havedecidedyoumustdie." " I would characterize the members of fsociety asprobablyfalling intothatgreyarea because,whiletheir intentionsaregood, theyaredoing highlyillegalthings." " The entire company's gonna be reeling from all the data dumps we've got in store for them, and, man, do we have some goodies." "Some good old-fashioned executive racism, sexism, fascism." "Trust me--we are gonna "ism" so much all over them, they won't be able to see straight." "(narrator):" "Unliketheirmotives, therearemanypsychological traitsthathackersshare." " Elliot, he's probably depicted more accurate than I've seen in a long time, not just for the technical capabilities and how it is but the actual, like, psychological profile." "He'sgotthat younghackervibe." "Andthenhisinvolvement inhowhe feelsaboutsociety andthatcounterculture Ithinkis veryaccurate." "I hatewhenIcan'tholdin myloneliness." "Thiscrying'sbeen happeningtoooften, everyotherweeknow ." "Whatdonormalpeopledo whentheygetthissad?" " He's such a complicated character." "He'sfullof contradictions." "Hehateswhatsociety hasbecome, buthealsowantstosaveit." "He looks down on the people that he cares about, but then he also protects them." " His abandonment issues are actually something that I believe personally and I've seen in my work." "I think it is a big motivator on why people get into hacking." "Elliot's,youknow, trappedinabubble." "He's very lonely." "He doesn't know how to connect with people, so he hacks into their lives." "Ithinkallofus toa certaindegree canconnectwith thattypeof loneliness, andtheneedtomaybe notbeso robotic and have more of a human connection with one another." " I like you, bro, and I want you to like me too." "AmIcrazy nottolikethisguy?" "Amongstsomeof  hisFacebooklikes areGeorgeW. Bush's "DecisionPoints,"" ""Transformers2 :" "RevengeoftheFallen,"" "andthemusicofJosh Groban." "MustI reallyjustifymyself anyfurther?" " When you're socially awkward, or you're worried about people judging you, youhavealltheseanxieties thatjustaren'tthere whenyou'rein frontof acomputer." "It'sa lotharder totalkto people thanitis to dealwith apieceof software." "(narrator):" "Butwhenhackers docometogether andgroupsareformed, leadersemerge." " You want to talk about reality?" "We haven't lived in anything remotely close to it since the turn of the century." "We turned it off, took out the batteries, snacked on a bag of GMOs while we tossed the remnants in the ever-expanding dumpster of the human condition." "We live in branded houses, trademarked by corporations, built on bipolar numbers." "Ineveryhackergroup there'sthisleaderthat, onlinethey'requiet, they'rehiddenin  thebackground, but when you meet them they're actually really extroverted and, like, passionate and principled." " I didn't want to hurt you, Romero." "I just wanted you to come back to the arcade with me so we could change the world together." "(narrator):" "Itis this instigatormentality thatformsthebasisof Mr.Robot'scharacter." " Do I think Elliot needs Mr. Robot?" "Ithinkhe 'savitalelement toElliot'ssurvival." "He is that darker side that will sometimes do things that Elliot otherwise would be incapable of doing." "(narrator):" "Comingup , we'llexploretheeerieways" ""Mr.Robot"parallels therealworld." " The Sony hack got a lot of notoriety." "TheAshleyMadisonhack gota lotof notoriety." "Our show is getting a lot of notoriety because of the real world connections." "(narrator):" "Plus,we'llalsodiscuss what's in store for season two." "Wekindof, like,press the gas pedal down really hard." "Gottento knowmystunt doublemorethisseason, so that might say something." "(narrator):" "Thisis  "Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" "(narrator):" Mr.Robot's" authenticportrayal ofcomputerhacking hasalertedus  tothereal-world dangersweallface." "Nowwe'llfindout just howmuchwe 'reat risk." "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" " This kid should not be allowed to do what he did." "He hacked into my private life." "And then those Ashley Madison dumps happened." "My wife found out about everything anyway." "She left me." "(narrator):" "Ina yearin whichwe'veseen  arecordnumber ofcyberattacks," ""Mr.Robot's"timeliness isalmostuncanny." " I don't know that a TV show can necessarily predict the future, but certainly, they can hold a mirror up to the direction in which we're headed." "(narrator):" "Andwhilesomestorylines arerippedfromthe headlines, othertimes,"Mr.Robot" wastherefirst." " There were two instances on "Mr. Robot"" "where something incredibly prophetic happened on the show weeks away from it happening in real life." "The Ashley Madison hacks were one." " You know, one of the escorts was 15." " And then the other one was the shooting of the news anchor inVirginiathathappenedso closetoasimilarevent happeningon"Mr.Robot"" "that the finale had to be delayed a week just out of sensitivity." "These aren't just isolated incidences that exist in a bubble." "These are things that are symptoms of larger things going on in our society." " Colby either used hackinggroups orworkedin  conjunctionwiththem." " I think a lot of "Mr. Robot" and the hacks in it kindofreflectreality." "It'shappening, it'shappening, it's happening, it's happening." " The hacks that are happening every week in the real world are stranger than fiction almost." "[dramaticmusic]" "Powerplantshacked, amovienotreleasedbecause NorthKoreawasupset, someofthebiggest retailersintheworld losemillionsandmillions worthofcreditcardsordata,  hospitalsshutdownbecause alltheirfilesgot encrypted" "bysomeonetryingto getransomoutofthem ." "These all sound like the storylines of a TV show about hacking, but it's actually happening now." " "Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson" ""released a statement today stating that these groups" ""lack the resources and knowledge of the USL to successfully mount an attack," end quote." " There are some brilliant people out there, bothontheoffenseand defensivesideof things that can do amazing things with computers." " You got this, you got this, you got this." " And it's both inspiring and kind of scary sometimes to see that." "[cell phone buzzing]" " I, uh..." "I have to go." "I'm sorry." "I need to go to my office." " What'd you do?" " I spoofed a text from her husband." " So, yeah, probably the most alarming hack we've seen was the Sony hack where not only, you know, all of these email archives were compromised, but also it was released on a schedule of," "you know, every week we're gonna have another one of these, until you meet with our demands." "(narrator):" "Anotherparallel between" Mr.Robot"" "andtherealworldcanbeseen infsociety'sthreateneduse  ofa datadump,ascenario inspiredbytheSonyhack ." " They hit the mother lode during the breach, potentially terabytes worth of email and files." "They're threatening to dump everything." "They released the video this morning." " Meet our demands and we will consider not destroying you." "Consider yourself warned." " This is, you know, a way to hold power accountable." "It can also be used to harass and to silence and really as an instrument of fear." "(narrator):" "Inan agewhere everyoneisconnected, andprivacyis becoming hardertoprotect," ""Mr.Robot"hasshinedalight  ontherisksand the realities weallfaceeveryday." " The writers have tapped into the paranoia that we all now feel, that all of our information is just ripe for the taking." " He got into my system, and he wants me to the put the CD on one of the computers at work." "Whydoeshewant todo that?" " I don't know, Stella." "He didn't give me a full explanation." " So he's got naked pics of me?" " Is that the only thing you're seriously taking away from this conversation?" " [sighs]" " Hey, babe." " "Mr. Robot" is absolutely showing everyone that we are living in a society right now inwhichsecrets justdon'texist." "You maybe can't trust many people at all." " I know she went through adivorcefouryearsago." "Iknowshewas  devastatedbyit  andhasbeendatinglosers oneHarmonyeversince." "Themoreaccessible wemakeourselves, themorepeopleare probably goingtobe able totakeadvantageofthat ." "By the end of watching season one of "Mr. Robot,"" "anyone who previously just typed away on a computer, you're probably going about those transactions now with just a little more caution, alittlebitmore ofa realization thatthatlittlelocksymbol doesn'tmeanawholelot." "[cell phone buzzing]" "(narrator):" "Ourpersonal information, our very identity, isaccessibleto  anyone,anytime, andwelooktothe governmenttoprotectus fromcriminalactivity, buta recentcase betweenAppleandthe FBI , whoaretryingtounlock aterrorist'scellphone," "bringsupagrayarea ." "Shouldthegovernment begivenaccess toyourpersonaldevices?" " Telecommunications companies have been cooperating with law enforcement and intelligence agencies for nearly a century." "And so you have the FBI saying" ""Oh, we can't hack into your iPhone." "We need your help in doing it."" "And Apple is saying, "Our stuff is so secure, it's a danger to everybody if we help you out on this."" " NSA and the intelligence community in general is focused on getting intelligence wherever it can, byanymeanspossible, sowhiletheymay beintending to target someone associated with a foreign government, or someone that they suspect of terrorism," "they're collecting your communications to do so." " You would ask any persononthestreet," ""Shouldthegovernmentbe abletohackintoaphone  toinvestigate aterrorismsuspect?"" "and everybody would say yes." "And then, you ask them, "Well, should they be able to hack into your phone?" and everybody would say no." "Wehaveto look really,reallyhard atthekindofslipperyslopes thatwe'rebuilding, asfaras howmuch accessthegovernment or any other corporation has into our data." " Any analyst at any time can target anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president, if I had a personal email." " Ben Franklin said it best:" ""Those who give up liberty for security will have neither."" "(narrator):" "Comingup :from thetechto thetechniques, seehow"Mr.Robot" isasrealasitgets." " Every single hack that we show on the show is possible." "(narrator):" "Plus, we'll show you what's in store for season two." " Our infinite loop of insanity." "(narrator):" "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" "(narrator):" Mr.Robot's" authenticportrayal ofcomputerhacking hasalertedus  tothereal-world dangersweallface." "Nowwe'llfindout justhow muchwe'reat risk." "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" " Maybe we should consider rehab." " I'm not a junkie." " Then you'll need to prove it to me." "Submit to a bi-monthly drug test, voluntarily." "That's the only way that I'll recommend your release." "Thisis WilliamHighsmith." "He'snotonlythe head oftheIT departmenthere, he'salsoan idiot." "Heusesuselessvirusscans, datedservers, andsecuritysoftware thatrunson Windows98." "Oneofthereasons whyI madethisplace myprimarycarefacility." "Icanmakemyhealth recordslooklike everyotherobedient zombieoutthere." "(narrator):" ""Mr.Robot's"popularity withmanyof  itsmostferventfans canlargelybe attributedto itsrealisticportrayal ofcomputertechnology." "That's the purview of technical consultantKorAdana." " I'm involved in every aspect of all the tech that you see on the show." "I'minvolvedin pitching theideasof thehacks thatweseefsociety beinga partof ." "It's not your typical tech consulting gig." " Too many movies or TV shows try to make hacking just magic, and they don't explain it." "It'sjustsomethingthat youcan'tunderstand, andbecauseof that, it'ssomesuperpower." " I think one of the greatest compliments we can get is just how realistic and authentic the show actually portrayswhat'sreally goingonoutthere." " One of the things that's so great about the show is that you'll actually learn a few things." " This is bad, worst DDoS attack I've ever seen." "DDoSattacksare abunchof hackersgettingtogether to overload a system to take it down for, you know, a temporary amount of time." "It'safloodoftraffic." "We'resending signalsoverwires, and if you have too many signals at the same time, the real signal can't get through." " Tried to reboot the servers, but they're not coming back up." "Dude, someone is straight up finger blasting their entire network right now." " I've learned quite a bit, maybe too much." "It's kind of scary, mm, what I'm capable of these days." "(narrator):" "Forthecreators andfansalike, there'sanappreciation thattherealism liesinthedetails." " People are screen-capturing the images on the computer screens, and looking at them to see if they're real." "Andtheyarereal, andthattakesalotoftime." "Onescreenshotthatwas shown, Ithink, forlessthanasecondtook somebody over ten hours of work to make that an authentic load-up sequence." " All of the screens are designed, essentially, by me, and I work with animators to achieve those andmakesurethatthey 're technicallyaccurate." "I thinkdetailslikethat  really enriches and deepens the world." " It makes the show this almost alternatereality that's not too detached from our own." "(narrator):" "Morethanjustimagery," ""Mr.Robot's"realismextends totheschemesand methods thatarecurrentlyinuse bythehackingcommunity." "Their ability to infiltrate and altera physicalenvironment wasillustratedby  theSteelMountainhack, ascenariothatclosely paralleled oneofhistory'smostfamous cyberattacks,Stuxnet." " The US and Israel had a joint operation wheretheycreated anamazinglycomplexprogram that hacked into the computers controllingthespeed withwhich centrifugeswerespinning intheplantinIran  thatwasenrichinguranium." "And about half of Iran's centrifuges were destroyed." "It probably slowed down their nuclear program by three years." " To think about the steps that are required toplanthatand thencausing kineticdamage, is incredible." " He wants to hack Steel Mountain's climate control system, raise the facility's heat high enough to destroy all the tapes." " And you think sticking this behind the thermostat will do all that?" " From a authenticity standpoint, if you wanted to hack a major corporation, theywouldhave off-sitetapebackups at a location like Steel Mountain." " There." "Deep in the Adirondacks." "In 145-plus acre former limestone mine." "3-ton steel gates, 24/7 armed guards, closed circuit cameras, NOC staffing." " A fair amount of the plots and techniques and the hacks and the approaches in "Mr. Robot"" "are actually plausible." "The reason they're plausible:" "it's 90% preparation and only 10% execution." "There'sa fairamount ofunderstandinghow theothersystems andthetargets thatyou'refocusingonwork , and then having your, you know, systemandyourhackready so that you can execute it, you know, when the time is right." " All we need is one security flaw." " Look at this place, man." "It was built not to have any." " I see about..." "six walking around." "(narrator):" "Socialengineering isoneexampleof areal-worldhackingmethod, and" Mr.Robot"illustrates ittoperfection." " The social engineering component of hacking, I think, is one of the most important aspects of it." "Takingadvantageof that humanelementof security." " Bill Harper is our first exploit." "He isn't gonna give the search much scrutiny." "He'll get us to Level 1, but Bill is not gonna be able to get us to Level 2." " And we need to get to Level 2." "You're gonna ask to speak to his supervisor, Wendy." "She'll get us to exactly where we need to be." "Then we'll be able to get rid of her from the van." "After that, you connect the Raspberry Pi to the climate control system, and Bob's your uncle." "Itdoesn'tmatterhow hardenedyoursystemis,  howgreatyour securitypoliciesare, what kind of software you have on your system." "There's always gonna be a human that has access to information that's important." "And you can always find a way to manipulate that person." " People are all just people, right?" "When it gets down to it, everyone's the same." "They love something." "They want something." "They fear something." "Specifics help, but specifics don't change the way that everyone is vulnerable." "It just changes the way that we access those vulnerabilities." " Great example of this is" "Elliotimpersonating amulti-million-dollarCEO to get through the door." " I really think you should look me up." " It--it just doesn't work like that." "I'm sorry, sir." "Youimpersonatesomeone thatisin needof somekindof help orassistance, most of the time, they'll want to help you." " Mr. Sepiol?" "Mr. Sepiol!" "I have some good news." "Andthat'swhy BillHarper isa perfectexploit, desperateenoughforthe  businesstobreakprotocol andletme in ." "Lonelyenoughto break." " They won't even know that they're giving you some kind of information that will help you hack their system later." "But it happens all the time." "(narrator):" "Comingup on  "Mr.Robotdec0d3d,"" "wedelveintothe  ethicsofhacktivism." " If you feel that there is injustice, sometimes the only way to deal with it is to out-monster the monster." "(narrator):" "Plus,we'llalsodiscuss what's in store for season two." "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" "(narrator):" Mr.Robot's" authenticportrayal ofcomputerhacking hasalertedus  tothereal-world dangersweallface." "Now,we'llfindout just howmuchwe 'reat risk." "Thisis"Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" " You're blowing up a gas pipeline." " The world is a dangerous place, Elliot." "Not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." "This is war." "People will die." "C'estlamort." " I'm not killing anyone." "[tensemusic]" " Tell me one thing, Elliot." "Are you a one or a zero?" "That's the question you have to ask yourself." "Are you a yes or a no?" "Are you gonna act or not?" " Hacktivism is the act of compromising a computer system or a network with a political agenda in mind." "(narrator):" "Oneof thereasons for" Mr.Robot's"hugesuccess isthatit speaksto thecurrentgeneration's distrustofour corporateculture andtotheirfrustration withthestatusquo ." "Butistakingmattersinto  ourownhandseverjustified?" " In many cases, hacktivism takes the form of anti-establishment points of view." "Thegovernmentsoftheworld  andtheircorporatemasters donotwantustospeak ." "Why?" "Becauseweunlocktruths." "Weexposevillains." "Ifyouhaveany interest inwakingfromyourslumber andretrievinglost, damaged,orstolenmemory, weareherefor you ." "Wehaveyourback." "Wearefsociety." " A lot of fsociety and the mask is obviously evocativeofAnonymous andtheGuyFawkesmask  thata lotof peoplein Anonymousstartedto wear back when they had their campaign against the Church of Scientology." "Theirdeclarationof waronScientology definitely served as an inspiration for some of the content that you see on "Mr. Robot."" "Corporategreedis atrickle-downdesire thatreacheseventhe  bottomofthefoodchain." "Andforwhat?" "Wealth?" "Power?" " What the shit?" "It'sapatheticfable, andyou,Allsafe, area defenderof ..." " Holy shit." "fsociety knows us." "Butyoursweetdreamisover andyournightmare isaboutto begin." "GideonGoddard, youarealackey toyourcorporateoverlords..." " Someone shut this off." "Servingthem, slavetomaster." "Weareexposing yourroleto yourworld, andtheworldisvery angry." " I have a very anti-corporate, anti-establishment spirit in me, and as much as I appreciate Occupy Wall Street," "I think as an adult I want to use that anger to actually do something constructive and positive." "And I think, like, for example, the Arab Spring isa goodexamplewhere theyreallykindof gotempowered through social media, actually, throughtechnology, and really made change." "[all chanting]" "TheArabSpringis areallygoodexampleof securityinaction." "If you're an activist in Bahrain, you need your email, you need your Facebook account to be secure, because if the government, which controls all the Internet infrastructure, cangetin , that'sit,you'redone." "They're gonna take-- come to your house and put a bag over your head and no one will ever see you again." " Now whatever it is you think you're doing freeing the world, freeing the masses, the guys I work for, they ain't motivated by" ""Kumbaya" shit like that." "Rightandwrongisrelative, and it comes down to your own ideology, your own moral compass, and whether or not you feel passionate enough about that to act on it." " How come I'm not in trouble?" " [laughs softly]" "Even though what you did was wrong, you're still a good kid." "And that guy was a prick." "Sometimes that matters more." " I think the reason it thematically resonates with people when you're watching a show like "Mr. Robot,"" "if the antagonist is strong enough or if you feel that there is injustice coming from the antagonist, if there's an injustice in the world... sometimes the only way to deal with it is to out-monster the monster." "FernandoVera, Shayla'ssupplier andoneof theworst humanbeingsI'veeverhacked." "Hedoesallhis  drugtransactions throughemails,IMs,Twitter." "Hecan'tbe allowed toexistanymore." "Whenyoubreakdown  motivationsofhackers, it'smoney,ideology, coercion,ego, or revenge, and sometimes criss and cross." "(narrator):" "In" Mr.Robot,"" "Elliot'sideologyis  foundedon hisdesireto avenge hisfather'sdeath." " This isn't even about my revolution." "This is more than that for you." "This is about how those bastards slowly killed your father and how you wished he'd done something about it, but he didn't because he was a zero, just like you're being right now." " It's just a basic question of, you know, when does the good outweigh the bad and vice versa?" "You know, the very massive ethical questions that this show will pose." "Wehopethatyouwillforge abetterworld, aworldthatbelongstous  again!" "[all cheering]" " We'll see if Elliot and everybody in fsociety... are saving the world or destroying it." "(narrator):" "Comingup , coulda smallgroupofhackers actuallychangetheworld overnight?" " It's not a fantasy." "It's not science fiction." "(narrator):" "Plus, we'll show you what's in store for season two." " Amen, amen, amen!" "(narrator):" "Thisis  "Mr.Robotdec0d3d."" "EvilCorp, youhavebeenowned." "Weatfsocietywillsmile aswewatchyou  andyourdarksouldie." "[dramaticmusic]" "(narrator):" "USANetwork's"Mr.Robot"is groundbreakingtelevision, withcuttingedgestorylines, detailedworldbuilding, anduncannyparallelsto currentevents." "Certainlyasubjectmatter thathasbecome more and more relevant as..." "as the year has gone on." "Marketsin Asiaand Europe aretumblingdramatically." "Numerousgovernments intheEuropeanUnion arenowin afree-for-all." " So this is what our evolution lookslike:" "asimpleprogram, awormthatcan  makedataunreadable." "Isthatreallyall ittakes tokilltheworld?" "(narrator):" "Butcouldthefsocietyhack  portrayedintheshow actuallyhappen?" "Whatwouldthefalloutof sucha hacklooklike?" " So we have plenty of companies that kind of fall into that" ""too big to fail" moniker." "It'skindof scary tothinkabout what the impact of a destructive hack against them could have on--on society." " You could wreck large sectors of the power grid." "Youcouldtakedown awholebank." "Youcoulddo alot ofdamage." " There are some key vulnerabilities within our national infrastructure." "Peoplecouldactuallytake theentireInternetdown." " A lone hacker really can do immense damage, or they can do immense good." "It's just all in the motivation." " I think it'd be possible." "Are there ramifications to that?" "Of course." "Are there ramifications to that thatfsocietyandElliot didn'teventhinkof?" "Definitely." "Andwe'regonnaget intothat  inseasontwo." " There's gonna be, I bet, a lot of people coming for them." "You know, law enforcement's gonna be coming in season two." "It has to." "(narrator):" "Seasontwoof "Mr.Robot"will  godeeperinto thisamazingworld, asthecharactersdealwith  therepercussionsof  theEvilCorphack." " So we come back in season two and the hack has gone through and kind of destroyed the world." "TheFBIannouncedtoday, andwecanconfirmthat  fsocietyengagedin  thisattack." " Now that Elliot knows who Mr. Robot is, it's very different from last year." "Whathe'stryingto doatallcosts istoremovehim  fromhisworld." " In the second season, the story really picks up and--and moves forward." "You know, we set up all the characters, andnowreallyinthesecond seasonwe'rereallykindof lettingallthose charactersrunwild." "We're really going into an ensemble sort of version of the show." "We'reinfourorfive  differentworlds atthesametime." " Just watching that struggle and seeing people attheendoftheirrope stillpersevere and continue to fight, eventhoughtheirback's againstthewall." "[dramaticmusic]" "¶¶" "Inthesecondseason, allthecharactershave sortofevolved." "Theworldis verydifferent." "Expect to be a little surprised because we're going down a very different direction than the road we went down in season one." "AndSamhas got it reallymappedout." "When I was reading these scripts, and I was just saying, "Oh, my God."" " There's these clues that you kind of strand together." "I mean, we were like, Reddit people discussing with each other what we thought would happen." " He comes up with some crazy stuff." "¶¶" " I don't know what I'm supposed to do." "I 'lltellyouexactly whatyou'regonnado." "You'regonnastart listeningtous ." "Theworldis abetterplace because of what we did, Elliot, andyou'regonnarealizethat  onewayor another." "Nowhere'swhat Ineedyoutodonow." "(narrator):" Mr.Robot."" "Sowhathas"Mr.Robot" taughtus?" " Working with the tech advisor has got me to change the way" "I conduct myself." " Someone actually asked me the other day if I wanted to hack them, could I?" "Unfortunately, the answer was no, and I really wish it was yes." " I tend to be paranoid about my own information." "My drives, my phone." " The microphone you have on your computer can be accessed." "The camera, as much as people don't think it can be accessed, it can." " I tell other people to tape the camera on their laptop." " Oh, yeah, put the piece of tape on your laptop." "Absolutely a must." " I was literally actually about to get tape and do that." " That's great." "I've infected my paranoia with everyone."