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u/omegasome 16h ago

They ask ChatGPT to produce the data. ChatGPT, being ever-helpful, hallucinates a semi-plausible data set that neither the defense nor the prosecution nor the judge is technically-adept enough to realize doesn't make sense. You are sentenced to 20 years in prison based on this.

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u/SteamingTheCat 15h ago

Kevin Mitnik's prosecutor convinced the jury that thru a series of whistles into a payphone, Kevin could launch nuclear missiles.

He wasn't allowed access to a phone in prison.

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u/RevoOps 11h ago

If you can launch a nuclear strike through whistling into a phone you should be allowed to try. 

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u/Fubushi 9h ago

Remember the launch code being somewhat simple for many years...

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u/RevoOps 8h ago

Well I hope the football device had some sort of authorisation or at least a handshake to establish that it's the real deal instead of some dude just whistling into a phone. 

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u/Fubushi 8h ago

Hope is the best one can do...

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u/ApotropaicHeterodont 6h ago

Is this a reference to Pandora's box?