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We believe that the handling of information security in fiction is, in general, neither technically realistic nor dramatically interesting. Furthermore, we believe that technically realistic treatment of information security could be an effective plot device. We provide examples (and one counterexample) from well regarded television shows to support our beliefs. We conclude with a short fictional work of our own creation that attempts to use information security in a technically realistic and dramatically interesting manner.
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Feigenbaum, J., Rosen, B. (2015). On the Use of Security and Privacy Technology as a Plot Device. In: Christianson, B., Švenda, P., Matyáš, V., Malcolm, J., Stajano, F., Anderson, J. (eds) Security Protocols XXIII. Security Protocols 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9379. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26096-9_27
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