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by ImAnAmateur 764 days ago
This could make for a good action scene in a movie. A hacker has to get access to data secretly, so they constantly minimize what they're doing every 10 seconds to avoid the AI monitor.

In the end, just as they breathe a sigh of relief and stretch their arms, a popup gives them away.

Then the scene cuts to a security guard getting an email. Then the scene cuts back to the hackers booking it.

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in Cryptonomicon, Randy evades constant remote monitoring of his laptop screen by doing this, but even more so.
An apropos username for an informative comment about a Stephenson book. You're playing the long game.
have been for years.