The '90s San Francisco cyber thriller that predicted online pizza orders
The Net (1995) presciently dramatized early internet risks and emerging digital features, using realistic interfaces, technical advising, and novel portrayals of identity theft and cybercrime.
Early internet polarization between skeptical caution and exuberant prediction mirrors current polarized responses to artificial intelligence, repeating similar mistakes about pace and impact of change.
The AOL hacking tool that invented phishing and inspired a generation
AOHell was a groundbreaking program created by a hacker known as Da Chronic that manipulated AOL features, giving users various powers to exploit the platform.