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The KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete)

GBPPR2 · Youtube · 9 HN points · 10 HN comments
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How does computer crime really work? What does the Internet look like?

Find out when a one-time Berkeley hippie/astrophysicist turns detective and gets mixed up with the CIA and KGB. NOVA follows computer sleuth Clifford Stoll as he tracks down a data thief through a maze of military and research computers.

From 1990

Cliff Stoll's Website
http://web.archive.org/web/20100425041451/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stoll/

"The KGB, the Computer, and Me" IMDb Entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308449/

"23" IMDb Entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126765/

Karl Koch Tribute Website:
http://www.hagbard-celine.de

"23" - Complete with English Subtitles:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4392076678080895410

Spiegel TV: Karl Koch Documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBooWAvLmI8
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The KGB, the Computer and Me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac

JadeNB
PBS content is blocked in the US?
kqr2
Try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qubEamdc4Ng
skinkestek
Niiice. Gonna watch tonight I hope.
herbstein
I've seen this multiple times. Cliff Stoll is strangely compelling, and the story is fascinating.
Jun 25, 2019 · otakucode on Get an Acme Klein Bottle
Oh, yes, that is the documentary I watched. It was really great, getting to hear it from Mr. Stoll's mouth directly. He was much less enthusiastic than he tends to be in Numberphile videos, I imagine that might be down to the director of the film. It is available on YouTube if anyone cares to give it a watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac
Jan 30, 2019 · gabrielblack on The Cuckoo's Egg
"The book was chronicled in an episode of WGBH’s NOVA entitled “The KGB, the Computer, and Me”, which aired on PBS stations on October 3, 1990"

I think it's this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac

Oh,me I'm ROFL: an actor is identical to one of X-Files "Lone Gunmen". When he explains the beeper to his wife I needed the oxygen. It's like "Doctor Who vs hackers" :-)

gabrielblack
Debugging of networks with logic analyzer, counting round trip with the oscilloscope's divisions, what glorious times ! :-)
Some of my favourite nerdy documentaries:

BBS: The Documentary https://youtu.be/nO5vjmDFZaI

The KGB, the Computer, and Me https://youtu.be/EcKxaq1FTac

8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars https://youtu.be/Jq_t-v0bDZ8

Dowwie
BBS :). It brought back nice memories.
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bradnickel
Watching KGB and me. Really cheesy, but I am enjoying it. Thanks.
I know the movie as 'The KGB, the computer, and me': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac
asragab
Thanks for this, just started watching it now!
Sep 27, 2016 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by Ivoah
cliff stoll made an ... interesting movie of this book. its fun to watch and would probably make a good drinking game. : https://youtu.be/EcKxaq1FTac
Rebelgecko
Thanks for sharing— I was hooked after that insane 30 second intro. Having people play themselves definitely gives the recreations a certain charm.
Jan 19, 2016 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by andygmb
There's a one-hour long NOVA episode about that story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac
_qbww
Thanks for sharing that. I had seen the Klein bottles under his workshop video awhile back, but I had no idea how deep this rabbit hole went.
saboot
I'm only three minutes in and I'm already loving this. Thanks for sharing
Jun 24, 2015 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by TazeTSchnitzel
This NOVA episode with Cliff is what got me interested in the Internet when I was 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKxaq1FTac
picardo
Ironic because he was also one of the earliest critics of the Internet.

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/02/27/newsweek-1995-bu...

Dec 11, 2013 · 1 points, 0 comments · submitted by JetSpiegel
Oct 27, 2011 · 3 points, 1 comments · submitted by blauwbilgorgel
davidw
I read and reread The Cuckoo's Egg back in the day. It's a classic, as far as I'm concerned.
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