Snowden’s Rubik’s Cube

I'm sure the nerds here will find ample opportunities to tear this movie apart, but keep in mind that the "average American" (a) doesn't know much about Snowden, other than "he stole secrets and hid in commie Russia, so he must've been working for them", and (b) just believes what the government says. To counter the powerful voice of the government, you need an equally powerful voice like Hollywood. Maybe this movie will make the average American think more about the issue, and it might even cause some to change their views about Snowden. If it does, this movie has served its purpose, and kudos to Stone.

This movie looks like is has a good chance of doing a better job than even The Imitation Game at ruining and fundamentally misrepresenting a topic I care about and a person I respect.

This raises an interesting question: how did Snowden get the documents out of the NSA? I don't recall reading much about how this was accomplished. Has that been discussed/reported anywhere?

I just watched the trailer. Clichéd brilliant patriotic dude saves the day. Bonus: Movie OS. This is gonna be such a great bad movie.

First time the actual character is more handsome than the actor ;)

The cube sequence doesn&#x27;t make sense to me.<p>What kind of guard will let a cube not pass through the system like that? If I were that guard I would find that cube throw highly suspicious.<p>And while we are at it, wouldn&#x27;t it be easier to hide the microSD card under the tongue for example?<p>And lastly, where exactly are you supposed to stick that card into in the facility? Even low-level security companies glue all USB&#x2F;card reader inputs.

Interesting, I hadn&#x27;t realized this was a cube already in existence. Neat!<p>I&#x27;ve broken a few rubix cubes in my day and so many of them have hallow squares so I&#x27;m not surprised you could hide stuff in one. Hell if you customize one you can probably get it to hold a huge amount of data.

If you X-rayed the cube with the card on top or bottom, I wonder if the card would be distinguishable? I imagine that, if the cube was on one of the sides, it&#x27;d be practically impossible to see.

I&#x27;m sure you could grind out more space for the SD card with a Dremel tool to make it fit more seamlessly.<p>Or you could pop out a piece and you&#x27;d have room for dozens of MicroSD cards inside the pieces.

<p><pre><code> &quot;especially considering that cube wasn’t released until 2013&quot; </code></pre> This cube is different than those released in the 1970s?

RURIC: Redundant Userspace RAID of Inexpensive Cubes

Why do Rubik&#x27;s cubes have removable center tiles?

On its surface, the movie appears to be praising Snowden. I am convinced it is intentionally shitty and is deliberately overly praiseful of Snowden so that viewers will find it annoying. The net result is that people leave with a negative opinion of Snowden the person. It just looks so over-the-top terrible from the trailer alone.