It’s All Just Electrons: The Enduring Legacy of Sneakers
"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons."

"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons."
October 21, 2025 | 1 min read
"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons." Daniel Cuthbert joins Dennis Fisher to dive into an all-tiime, undisputed hacker movie classic, the 1992 masterpiece, Sneakers. We dissect the movie's genesis, its technical accuracy and prescience, and discuss its lasting influence on the hacker community more than 30 years after its release. Setec Astronomy forever!
October 21, 2025 | 1 min read
Dennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist and author. He is one of the co-founders of Decipher and Threatpost and has been writing about cybersecurity since 2000. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. He is the author of 2.5 novels and once met Shaq. Contact: dennis at decipher.sc.