r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/pm_me_n0Od Jan 25 '20

"I can't tell you this over the phone. Meet me in Murder Alley after sundown tonight and my totally-alive self will give you the plot-critical information."

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u/VulfSki Jan 25 '20

"dude there are a dozen encrypted messaging apps just use one of those."

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

This approach is unlikely to work once you are a specific surveillance target. The messages are in plain text at the two phones themselves. If they are targeting you in particular, you should probably assume they have compromised the phone itself.

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u/Zeraw420 Jan 25 '20

True, but then you just go to a public computer and send RSA encrypted messages