Published June 4, 2023, 3:20 a.m. by Naomi Charles
A group of young hackers realize that their future is being sold to the highest bidder so they fight back against a system that is programmed against them.
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attention students
so
cps schools have been closed for more
than a year due to contract disputes and
budget cuts
parents and students are eager for a
solution
i really like routine in my life i mean
and
school just kind of provided me with
that and i need
to get back into model u.n honestly i
thought i was gonna get this little
monster into kindergarten
tech giant larry allen is rolling out
his much anticipated solution to this
year-long standstill as we speak my name
is larry allen and i am very excited to
present to you
the future of education this is
schoolnet
everyone deserves to be a part of this
revolution
and no one should be left behind now
we're just going to end up being mutant
kids
have technology have biology
walking around pooping out motherboards
remaining members of the now defunct
chicago teachers union
are calling this announcement one of the
biggest corporate takeovers
in modern history this is like the
biggest corporate takeover ever
they don't care about these kids all
they care about is the bottom line
money oh kids come and sit on a toilet
all day
with your fancy headset on and just sit
there drooling and pissing on yourself
all day
using the latest groundbreaking
technology i have created
schoolmen schoolnet gives all of us the
opportunity to learn whatever we want
reality is just simulation
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changed
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so
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all right miss anderson do you have
anything to say for yourself
anything uh can i have my phone back
what absolutely not sir this woman
stole my phone and won't give it back do
you know what we found
on this phone you can't just go through
my stuff without my permission this is a
matter of safety
and security mia and i don't appreciate
you interrupting me
i didn't do anything and speaking of
being rude and disrespectful let me
apologize for miss meyer's behavior
she can get a little bit worked up
sometimes she's probably a little bit
drunk
hello nia it's so nice to finally meet
you can you do an air handshake
okay sorry old man joke so i'm going to
get right down to it
you are a very impressive young woman i
was able to sit through some of the code
you used to hack our announcement i mean
it was like poetry
we need young people like you in our
company
are you familiar with uh white hat
hacking yeah
okay yes dumb question well we really
need someone to do exactly that for
schoolnet
how would you like to work for us and
actually get paid for this kind of stuff
before you answer come to the office
see what we're about all right i've got
a few pre-production nebulas for
employees
we'll get you one just for showing up
just for walking in the door
hell yeah man i'm in oh
great okay that's awesome wonderful
i perfect i'm gonna send a car for you
on monday
and we will meet then i'll see you then
thank you so much
awesome dude thank you see you then
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so
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what what do you mean what
what i'm just gonna check it out don't
get off oh no don't get all
what don't get all wet nothing oh don't
get all upset
this is fascist evil [ __ ] right here
right no i've been saying that for
months
and now here it is coming in here oh no
and i'm supposed to be all like oh what
it's cool like
are you done oh am i done
that's how you talk to me you've grown
up to be a real
[ __ ] you know that right mom i'm wrong
i'll talk to you tomorrow okay oh you
know what
what do you want me to have a job i
don't have a job okay
that's taking people's jobs you like a
house you're living in you want to be
homeless
you got to think about this stuff nia oh
my god whatever
it's true okay
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hey oh what's up i just got home a
little while ago
my mom is going totally overboard
yeah um hey so for this game uh you have
to hold the controller like a rifle
and then you shoot at the buffalo just
like that got em
yo today was incredible i mean the video
of you
already has like 12 000 views
i don't know what you're talking about
reality is a simulation
that was gold i mean
so uh i got pulled into meyer's office
today
and we were like live chatting this
schoolnet dude i mean myers was [ __ ]
a brick but
the schoolnet dude was actually kind of
chill what
i mean they want to like offer me a job
and they're gonna
give me a free nebula just for going in
okay nia do you hear yourself
you sound so lame oh i don't know but
the dude from school that was pretty
chill
that dude sucks i mean okay i haven't
even
accepted the job offer yet i'm not just
gonna give up a free
phone uh i gotta go wait lily
lily left the game
new player joined the game
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are you doing that do you want this
power
uh yeah is there a code
come on dude hook it up
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knock knock
ah
you're gonna get that
oh paulo oh sorry miss anderson
i was just dropping off something for
nia oh it's all right
uh just you know whatever say hi to your
parents all right because i'm just gonna
go to bed
all right i will good night mrs anderson
hey uh
you gonna that thing on monday well i
mean they're trying to
charge like twenty dollars to go to that
oc in pilsen
and that's ridiculous so i'm probably
just gonna go to church or something
yeah church it's like the after party
but the school in that protest
you're going right oh yeah yeah i
totally
i'm yeah i'm going take this it'll trick
the drones
oh i actually got like a ton of other
maps to hand out so
i'll see you monday okay bye
forward
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mia we've been expecting you
what's with the drone like where are you
it's me larry allen
yeah i get it but where okay good follow
me
this is where it all happens what do you
think this is cool as hell
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hey are you nia uh yeah what's up
sam i kind of like follow your work i
guess that thing you did last friday
hacking the entire network and the thing
with max headroom that was iconic
i guess i've never really met a girl
that could pull that kind of thing off
before wow
thanks yeah so i go to lab but you know
my dad he knows larry allen so he hooked
me up with this sweet internship here yo
you want to see something super dope
okay yeah
so this is the red room as you can see
we have a pretty
freaking dope set up in here a couple
super fast processors over here
this one has like a terabyte of ram you
want to check it out you're welcome to
i think ralph should be done soon uh
okay
if you have any questions i'm right here
welcome to the library of alexandria in
egypt
this place housed thousands of papyrus
scrolls of stories
research mathematical equations and
scientific theories
if you wanted to know something this was
the place to go
[Laughter]
it was exactly maybe one of the lowest
points in human history
setting back the tide of discovery for
well at least
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hey sam hi nia saw your work back in the
rr
very impressive so excited to have you
on board for schoolnet
oh thanks larry yeah no that was super
fun
uh here take a look at this offer and
here
is that nebula as promised oh dude the
new nebula these things are
so dope check it out larry got me one
too
hey let's take a selfie
oh that's so good if you look on your
nebula uh you'll see
you have about 300 in credits to use for
whatever you want each week okay
so go wild have fun yeah
no this this offer is amazing thank you
so much mr allen
anything you need nia let us know okay
we're just so happy to have you on the
team
okay so no it's absolutely a thing if
you look up on your phone you look up
like retail
poop or retail potty like people do it
they're like very upset with customer
service and so they take it upon
themselves to be like how can i
act up in the store oh i don't know like
a primate in the zoo
i will use my own bodily function in
protest
and they go number two they go potty and
wrap it up in some place number one i
believe yourself
oh my god it looks good that's a good
look
your ride is here
hey you double fisting
what uh um oh
yeah right yeah hey you want to get some
fur
oh um fly is this classic vietnamese
soup it's so
good it's got like rice noodles veggies
my personal favorite is the beefa but
you probably don't eat meat right i know
i uh i eat meat
i know what phi is perfect um yeah so
i'll see you later sweet i'll hey i'll
save you a fortune cookie
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we have a special announcement coming
very soon if you do not have something
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bye
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uh
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a group of masked teenagers froze in
downtown chicago today
in response to the recent rollout of
schoolnet a virtual classroom
replacement
for chicago public schools nearby
billboard streams were hacked
and played a disturbing pirate broadcast
the mysterious source of this hack
concerns local law enforcement
this has me worried quite frankly they
have to be worried a lot this is a
breach of security it's not some just
kind of silly prank this is probably
terrorist you know i know this isn't the
first time that a hack like this has
happened
i'm gonna go down a limb here and i'm
gonna say it's definitely terrorism we
gotta be strong on this
look you can see us in the background
loki you need to be more low-key
i'm just excited that we're on tv too no
no no but like in general um
like when you're on your phone or online
you just
be careful okay
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look there's paulo i'm gonna go say hi
hi hi i'm lily
hey kyle now what is the eta on the
alternative center
about two weeks anything else before i
go
hey kyle yes larry could you just talk
to me for a bit
well what do you want to talk about i
don't know man
anything
um can i try your glasses on um
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the pressure that your glasses like
they're too tight almost like you have a
small
head it feels really nice on my eyes
india i know this is like totally uncool
but
i kind of need to take your phone and
have to put it in that microwave
what i'm sorry it's just louisa
she's super paranoid about this kind of
stuff okay
i promise someone's everywhere
hey this is mia yeah hey this is nat
that's david got jamie over there and
this is louisa
do you know why i told paulo to put your
phone in the microwave
uh because you saw it in that snowden
movie and thought it was super cool
oh my god you totally did just see it in
that movie do you know how many cameras
you passed on your way here
how much you come in contact with
network devices you know they can see
you through those cameras
they can control and they can manipulate
what you see on screen
they control you
dude what the hell what are you doing
what are you doing stop
i just did you a favor oh yeah thank you
you're welcome i'm so
grateful you have to pay for that i'm
not paying for that oh
why why would you do your own time
oh [ __ ] well dude i
think i'm sick oh okay
we can go i want to go yeah do you want
this
sorry it's okay let's get some sorry
lisa
um hey really great job today um i'll
see you guys later
how do you know that girl lisa um i know
we're from online
and all those other people too we all
got offered jobs by schoolnet
yeah we got offered the same job that
you did what
yeah only we said no
ah so now they're really pissed and
they send us weird threatening
notifications
why didn't you tell me
good morning chicago and thank you for
tuning in
we have an exclusive sponsored report
brought to you
by schoolnet after a year of failed
negotiations
students in chicago are finally back in
school but these classrooms
might not be what you expect schoolnet
is a virtual reality education system
a simulated environment where students
can explore
learn and ultimately earn a high school
diploma we met with several students and
parents
to see how this new program is going
yeah it's great
i really i mean i like it she likes it
right she hold it
she we like it just give it to me i
don't care whatever
all right let's go i'm all for
i mean i think this is great like the
friends i've made on here
are way better than the ones in real
life while most students are enjoying
their free vr headsets
others are abusing this generous
privilege provided by schoolnet
recent data shows that a handful of
students are misusing
and or hacking the hardware to ensure
that all students can safely
and securely get an education schoolnet
is building an
alternative center troubled students
will get the help they need
in a safe and secure environment
hey nia do you have a second can we talk
i'm sorry i'm going to be like no i i've
got to go i'm sorry i'll talk to you
tonight okay
bye
thank you for riding with
hey nia hey larry sorry
um i was just kind of plugged in that is
why
i love you i'm that's why i love your
work
i really i love your work and your work
ethic
creepy dude no uh what's up did you have
a question
nia we made a video for you and we are
just so proud so this is from your
buddies at schoolnet
oh hey neo what up chica you are looking
fabulous today
and that's why you are employee of the
month
you get a 1k bonus you get a 200 github
credit
and a feature in chicago vision magazine
how does that sound
that's amazing i know it does remember
you are a rebel girl you are changing
this world you keep doing you
and schoolnet loves it we love you nia
you're very adept at cody
congratulations
glad you're on board neil great job
congratulations to the dopest white hat
hacker to ever live and my best friend
nia anderson nia you're contributing to
civilization in a positive way
yeah you make every day feel like a
birthday everybody agrees
you are the bee's knees keep up the hard
work and enjoy that bonus
kyle what is the joke of the day
i have a step ladder i never knew my
real ladder
not bad okay
uh how about a song can you make up a
song this uses a lot of energy
and i don't want to do it damn it
wow that's that sounds like the beatles
i didn't know you liked the beatles cops
you have a call from this brother yeah i
know vince put him on
voice only i do not want him to see me
hey vinny how are you
hey lair uh glad i could get a hold of
you of course
anything for you you and your company
are
very important to me we are so glad to
have you on board
talk to everybody like that lair like
what listen to everybody man we're going
through some of the early data and it's
a lot of data which is great one problem
is that
do you know what we invested in euler
because print died
and fed into digital which died and fed
into video
and those three mediums died for one
reason is that the one after it could
segment its audience in a more effective
affordable way
we believe you're that next platform
however the three things those mediums
did that you're not doing
is that they served the freaking ad if
you're not serving an ad you're worse
than printing your
paper without text on it so let's figure
out what we're not serving any ads
data showing nothing showing up all
right well
[ __ ] i'm i'm sorry okay we'll
we'll definitely take care of that i
just
hey do you like the beatles what hey
kyle
yes larry play the play the song you
played for me
larry i'm gonna go figure out the ad
problem okay good
day i'll turn it off song sucks
i don't know about you guys but i'm just
feeling so bummed out lately
you know it's just awful every day it's
worse
i can't shake it it's like it's so bleak
you know anything we should do guys
we should protest we should get out
there on the streets and fight or we can
just
find those things and smash them yeah
yeah i got an idea
so what if we get some acid some speed
some mollies put it in their drinking
water
freak them all out we make a viral video
you know what we could do we can get
bags of [ __ ] we light them on fire
and put them right out in front of their
offices yeah like dog [ __ ] or human [ __ ]
oh stinking mate
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hey no i'm good nope it's fine uh
hey nance what about mia like she
she's like a programmer right couldn't
she like
that's not gonna
uh yeah yeah i'm fine
how's work works all right
money's great starting to get a little
boring though
yeah we should bring back max headroom
but like at my work
there's this dude ralph and he like
always
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[ __ ] this looks bad they sent that
message to all of us
me paulo louisa i've never seen anything
about any of this at work
yeah i can't get sent there my dad is
gonna be so pissed and he's already like
so paranoid
my cousin summer was caught with weed
three years ago and he's still not
allowed in the house
that's a little overboard yeah totally
overboard for you
i almost got so sick when i heard them
call our hacks
terrorist attacks on the news
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mia i'm worried about your mother
she doesn't really mean i'm worried
about you too nia
you and i are both rebels but we know
how to
channel that energy this stuff it's just
crazy
yeah yeah i'm worried that your mom
might be toxic
and might hurt you emotionally or
eventually
physically oh god
why didn't you let me just mia we want
to guarantee the safety and security of
all of our
employees i want you to consider
relocating
there are state-of-the-art condos
located in this building
and i reserved one for you rent free
i don't really think that you're going
to be 18 in less than a month
this is an opportunity for you to be
free
free to do whatever you want with no
negative nancy
well i'll help you consider the offer
and start packing your things
i have to go be safe yeah
hey um we should totally get some pokey
tonight it's like
this super dope hawaiian fish salad it's
got like i think salmon i already got
planned sam
great yeah can we do that sure but
just so you know my dad has some really
great connections and he can get us
reservations at like any restaurant in
the city so we should totally get some
dinner sometime all right dude i'll
catch you at work
yeah uh thanks for the ride thank you
for riding with alip
all righty
use voice commands to adjust the
temperature
rerouting wait excuse me
rerouting um please contact
customer service customer service wrong
direct
this is the wrong direction error go to
clark and lawrence
clark and lori routing this is wrong
oh
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let me out help
oh my god why would you do that that was
so
not cool we're not sorry it's the only
way we could do it
are you okay yeah i'm okay
all those uh sparkling water that i
think i have a mild allergy it makes my
throat a little itchy so you just got a
reg h2o just wreckage
hey where where bear how
is the food that's fine tom you should
be here for it
all right uh who's gonna start us off
today
can't we get more kids to attend i mean
even if they log into the damn thing for
just like a second then we'll have more
of that
sweet sweet cash flow from the state
that we can move around a little bit
later it's not going to matter how much
stay cash we have
if we don't focus on retention error
listen if the kids aren't seeing the ads
ain't gotta matter buddy you know
actually ad stops kind of a dimple on
our butt right now because
it's not letting the ads themselves play
why do you have ad stop on the sets
larry
i'm not doing it come on it's these
computer hackers they sit at home
and then they mess with our ad
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do you know why you're here you're here
because you can help us nia
you can help save chicago students i
want to show you something
jamie the feed
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what's happening look the hackers are
under control
it's not a big deal you're making a
bigger deal out of this than it needs to
be
we got it covered larry why don't we
just what do you hire them
you know like uh like the cia and that
fake chex guy like hanks and uh
like hangs and leo only just hangs to
leo yeah
we've tried that um we actually have one
that's working out really well
the other ones are
just more difficult have i shown you
guys the alternative center
actually
our names are not attached to this right
get it off the screen there
this is the alternative center it has
one purpose
control a system program to understand
rules and order
and the things that larry allen
programmed it to understand
anything outside of these rules this
order this programming is considered a
threat
something to be eliminated erased larry
allen will do just about anything to
maintain control of schoolnet
like this
stop david stop the simulation
dang i'm sorry are you okay will you
help us
fight the machine transform it from
within or will larry allen
turn you into this
claire seriously lara let's uh let's
talk engagement all right
it's two and a half months in and uh the
kids don't even know how to use the
goddamn controllers
what's going on here look our people are
working on something
why don't you just do like pocket man
what
never pac-man it was like that game
where you went around with your phone
when you
get little critters yeah you train them
hatch them yeah
i got to level 20 like two weeks there
yeah it was addictive yeah that's good
yeah yeah it's real simple just give
them something to collect and
set up those competition gyms you know
kids have to learn the controls so they
can navigate the area
give my little things to collect and
reward them with some
yeah you're on them the coins at first
right free coins no problem
coins coming with the in-app purchase
and then you get more coins
with product purchases you can plug them
for hours yes
more coins with uh chicken in your store
downloading your app
larry you really gotta count on us for
all the good ideas
it's perfect you know when i eat raw
broccoli i always get a little
scratchy throat does everything make
your throat scratching
i have a lot of mild allergies
this is only going to get worse they're
going to make a lot of money in chicago
and then it's gonna spread oh
god you're a bummer man well i mean
they're gonna ditch schoolnet if they
can't make money off of it right
so we just gotta get em when everyone's
watching like during that pocket man
thing the pocket man tournament
mia
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mia
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good morning school nethers i have an
important announcement so
listen good and tell your friends
schoolnet is launching a new program
called
[ __ ] man 4 000.
get your game on asap because at the end
of this week
spoon that is hosting a pocket mad 4000
tournament
third place receives a brand new nebula
second place receives a year of free
rides through a lift
and the third place winner receives a
four thousand dollar
cash prize and the comedy type of
[ __ ] master
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i'm stumped what was in that firmware
update
wouldn't you like to know
all right so this is what they got
oh i love pocket man why'd they have to
do pokemon like this
they destroy everything that's beautiful
yeah i know
and here are the parts of the new
firmware update
hey wait wait wait the winner gets to do
a victory speech if we can pirate that
broadcast
we can show it to everyone yeah but
we're totally gonna get caught
they're all worked up about kids
cheating because of the prizes and stuff
so they've got a bunch of staff
dedicated to making sure there's no
funny business in the code that's all
they've got
well that's still more than us nia's
gotta be in the office and that's
out oh not did they get her
no she's just grounded you know what
this that'll work
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so
she's so rich that's that stuff gets
sold at like what is going on
why are there stickers like i see these
stickers everywhere they're all over my
cameras
it it like it makes them sharper like
when you take the sticker off
it like cleans the gunk for once look at
you lily i never see you anymore
i mean we don't see this one anymore
because she's just too busy for the both
of us
so mom can we not
sorry tonight is the last night to sign
up for the pocket man 4000 chicago cup
schoolnet students will battle their way
to the championship gym to earn fabulous
prizes
and the title of pocket master tune in
to wbn tomorrow for live coverage of the
citywide tournament
i've actually never seen him in real
life
he's just he's like cgi
i i mean he looks real doesn't he yeah
he does
today is a pivotal day for schoolnet we
have over 5 000 kids signed up for this
tournament
and anticipate close to half a million
people
watching the results everyone is
watching
this means we need to be vigilant any
suspicious code change or pattern needs
to be
reported any hint of cheating hacking
manipulating data needs to be shut down
right away
anything less than perfection
will be a failure for schoolnet and
could frankly
jeopardize this company 10 minutes to
launch yo paolo you good
yep jamie
no what i'm just playing i'm good
we've got some great people working here
and schoolnet is a great company
when today is over the world will
recognize
this is the future of education and you
will be part of the revolution are
you ready i said
are you ready yeah hell yeah
now that is more like it
schoolnet is proud to present the
moments you've all been waiting for
the largest online educational
tournament ever
with close to 5 000 contestants all
battling for the title of
pocket master before we begin
put your hands together for the ceo of
schoolnet
the one the only larry allen
all right kids it's a single elimination
tournament you've got 5 000 kids so
that'll be about 12 rounds with
attrition and cheating
any attempts to manipulate hack or in
any way modify the code will immediately
disqualify you from the tournament
and may result in disciplinary action
because it is not fair to everyone else
who plays
by the rules okay thanks lair
all right you heard the man get your
controllers because the battle's about
to begin
ready set
kyle you there larry what's happening
call me sir dad
call me king king king larry
i'd rather not that is a joke kyle you
got to get better at jokes
is there something he wanted to discuss
um it's i mean it's a it's a really big
day for schoolnet so i just
i think i just wanted somebody to talk
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to
things are really hitting up in round
six of the pocket man cup
sponsored by schoolnet let's take a look
at the bracket shall we we
shall wow hundreds of students
eliminated in the heat of virtual battle
you remain but one will win the title of
master a reminder
if you use mods hacks cheats you will be
eliminated from the competition
and may face this reaction
is anybody getting anything to stick no
luck on the players but i'm trying to
patch the video through with ralph's
computer
i don't think he has the clearance yeah
i did i got one to stick about
three rounds ago and never mind he just
lost
hey luisa what if this doesn't you know
work out
it's gonna work and then there were
eight this is the final hour
who will be pocket master
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come on home stretch
almost there stay focused
please could you just make this stop
cause it's just not funny this time
i could lose my job please
dead tell me something good
hollow or very handsome young man
and i just wanted to tell you that
because he just got me and i don't want
you to be mad at me
you still my bro yeah
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we're down to the last moments of the
final battle kalista the red
pocket master
[Music]
all right great job
good work team what a day
you deserve a high five
this is christ that was a joke
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um
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as long as kids log hours we get state
funding
yes like no oversight at all the state
doesn't have
any say in how you spend that money none
that's the whole idea
whatever schoolnet doesn't spend on kids
we keep
put me in coach i'm ready to play i'm in
kyle shut it down shut it all down shut
it down
you'll need to increase my security
clearance if you want i don't i don't
okay
security clearance nine whatever just
shut it all down immediately
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screw this i'm not waiting around did
you do this i was here the whole time
no you could get fired for this right or
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worse
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uh
kyle i'm still here
kyle they made me look like an idiot
if anything happens to us you have to
share this
oh wait wait
dude you guys pulled it off well we
couldn't have done it without you man
you're like a genius or something
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so
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hey i kind of like you oh
cool can i kiss you
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hey do you want to get out of here
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uh
what's that guy i don't know i feel like
there were tons of them
he looked like he was like 30 or
something i know they were so
weird i feel like i've seen him at work
or something really
yeah i don't know it's so weird mom yeah
i should
i should probably go right it's getting
kind of late i mean
my mom's like out cold you can stay
all right all right
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last night a chicago company was the
victim of one of the largest cyber
terror attacks
in history it was very scary for me
i was afraid for my life and my job
they locked me in an office and they cut
my hand ralph walters an employee of
schoolnet wasn't the only one disturbed
by last night's unexpected attack
students and parents weigh in on their
experience
this whole pocket man hack thing i mean
it's not fair to us
well it's not fair to her right but
what's right is right and they should do
a do-over on this thing
i worked so hard to be a pocket master
and these hackers just took it away from
me
they need to be punished now
it's been a bumpy road for the new
virtual reality company that's been
tasked with
educating chicago students but ceo larry
allen
seems confident in a new plan to smooth
things out
safety and security are very important
to me and when i think about those
poor kids being scared in their homes
and
someone using my servers to reach them
it upsets me deeply this week we will
implement our new
state-of-the-art alternative center
designed
specifically to deal with these
disgusting
cyber attacks
that was some good stuff you guys did
you see it
i liked it they are a serious threat i
think the mayor was right when he
said that we have to shut down some
parts of the internet
oh my god are you serious what are they
threatening they broke into a secure
line
that's private property oh that's what
you're mad about are you protecting
terrorists terrorists i mean come on
they showed a video
did you even see the video well i did i
saw it
and you know it wasn't really scary it
was more just like ironic
or something you know schoolnet it's a
big scam they caught this guy the ceo
they caught him on video and he's saying
that he doesn't give a [ __ ] about the
kids wearing the
headsets and they'll be drooling on
themselves as long as he's getting a
paycheck
yeah it was pretty upsetting yeah uh
y'all too much let's take my while with
me
i did you all the deal bye okay bye
what's that about
what are you looking for my phone have
you seen it
um i don't think so come on
do you want anything no actually yeah
can i use it to call me
oh nevermind no
missed calls okay that's a surprise
guys i was looking through the data from
schoolnet privacy league
and you know they can like look at the
kids habits at any time
and collect all their data and then they
can sell it back to advertisers
and legally that's legal yeah they can
do it completely legally and then the
most messed up part is then the
advertisers
buy ads to sell right back to those same
kids it's completely screwed up oh i
know
we said we were gonna fight back these
are our kids and we can't let this just
happen to them without any
type of fight right so what are we gonna
do
sam what the hell why are you doing this
to me
it's not fair it was so nice to you i
invite you to get
[ __ ] shut up idiot
i wrote a poem about you that i was
going to show you our first date and
and i thought we had some sam i'm sorry
you you're upset we were never together
yeah these friends these friends that
you've been hanging out with these are
terrorists what the hell bro
i'm not your bro do you know that
they're breaking
the law and i don't i don't want to see
you
ruin your life with them nia i care
about you
damn i'm sorry you're upset no you're
not
do you need anything like water or
something i don't want anything to drink
i just want
you
oh yeah this is so stupid
no it's funny yeah hey don't worry
i'm on it
ah yeah do it
all right here we go
sam wait
what look i'm so
sorry i just it's
look i'm sorry too i'm sure there's a
lot of girls that want to be with you
like who i don't know i mean
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you're funny and
you got money and you're cute
thank you so much for saying that i just
i don't know i really like being your
friend sam
but you can't run us out okay those are
my friends too and if
larry allen finds out we're all gonna be
sent to those alternative centers
okay no i know i'm i'm good i promise i
won't
say a word i mean my dad tells me that
larry allen's got some of his own shady
stuff going on anyway so don't worry
about it okay
okay thanks sam
larry is this a bad time and
no we might have a lead on the pocket
man hack
nothing is verified but it seems
promising
really hmm
i usually like to get a burrito sandwich
but i don't like plantains so i'll
just make them put bread on it instead
of the
plantation bread because i don't like
the plantains because
gross that's what i eat oh yeah okay
hey isn't she pretty guys you see her
she's so pretty you got everything mom
you know what
she works for schoolnet she's a devil
she's like the devil hey nancy you're
free to go
mom come on
i'm sorry nina i'm sorry
it's really not the end of the world mom
i don't mean just about tonight i just
mean
all of it i'm a horrible person
all i do is i drink and then i complain
and i
drink and i can play
and then i light bags of [ __ ] on fire um
no it was true that's all i do
i don't know i mean i loved
teaching even though those kids are like
horrible sociopaths but i i still i love
that but i miss that
now what am i supposed to do i don't
even know what to do with myself
i don't know what to do with myself
i'm so sorry i said you [ __ ]
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hi um my name is lily i don't know
what's happening but if you can't please
help
please help just hope i didn't do
anything wrong i haven't done anything
wrong i haven't done anything wrong
i didn't do anything wrong i don't
deserve
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schoolnet is the largest education
provider in chicago
serving some of the city's most
vulnerable students it is also the
target of several large-scale cyber
attacks
the criminals responsible for this cyber
terrorism remained at large
until today
sam
nancy nancy it's me is everything okay
i need you to get my daughter lily
i'm in tsa right now he's yeah well i'm
on it
don't even worry about it okay
please leave your message
welcome to the alternative center be
safe
be productive be better you sure get up
you're coming with me
oh hey too much welcome to the
alternative center
be safe be productive be better
you know what this is right
yes it take
hey lily
hey don't look so down you'll be out of
here in no time
just read these words back to me okay
and we'll even reduce your alternative
sentence by half
now how about a lawyer can i get a
lawyer actually no
you can't see a lawyer you can only see
parents who can determine the best route
for legal help
but unfortunately yours are currently
having trouble in airport security
seems that they have connections to a
cyber terrorist organization
you can't do that oh really i can't
question a cyber terrorist
look you were offered a carrot now
you're getting the stick
this is your last chance if you care
about your friends and your family you
were going to fess up
and tell me everything that went down
and everyone that was involved
i don't know what you're talking about
is closing in five minutes please exit
the building
yo so i was peeping i was on ebay i saw
this like this bmx bike
yeah 500 i was thinking like you and me
both throw 250 we could split it on
weekends
like like every saturday and sunday and
then you take it the next saturday and
sunday what do you think
i'm getting i'm cool to get paid
back off what do you think you're doing
ian it's cool bro this is this is my
best friend nia i was telling you best
friends
yeah bro i told you we're tight as heck
look like your best friend she's can you
just give us a moment bro
i'll text you about the bmx bike okay
whatever man
i'm in by the way so sorry you weren't
supposed to talk about that
you promised i i i
didn't you jealous little child just
because i like someone else doesn't mean
you can throw them in jail
yeah i i didn't i didn't say
anything you little rat
you cowardly little rap stop
crying i can't i hate you everything
alright you're saying
no she just broke my heart
all right yeah i swear to god i did not
tell them anything okay i wouldn't do
that to you
i just had the worst week i mean my card
stopped working in my nebula
and my dad has been like so distant even
i'm here for uh lily asher to pick her
up
um her dad told me to come and get her
he's on vacation
um but he told me to come and i'm sorry
man but
we can't release lily at this time is it
a fine
is that is that it i'll pay what is it
no
no what if you don't let me see her i'm
her temporary guardian
okay i'm responsible and her father told
me to come here
no you know what i'm gonna do i am gonna
take your picture
and i'm gonna post it all over the
internet and i'm gonna say that this man
steals people's children and locks them
in the basement and does weird things to
them
oh lily i'm okay
i mean how can i help you
maybe i've got something bike again
why aren't you wearing your glasses you
should be wearing these
you know because your headaches if you
put them on
and leave them on and wear them all the
time you won't get your headache and
then you can keep an eye on what they're
doing
all right time's up
what are uh what are these oh i brought
her her glasses
because um she gets migraines so if she
doesn't wear them all the time she's
gonna get sick and puke and it's going
to be disgusting
thanks mrs anderson welcome to the
alternative center
be safe
kyle do we know where nia is we think
this is her
it looks like she's with sam
anonymous to receive an officer is on
the way
do you have a computer lab here yeah
which kind
any kind just what's the closest one
last time
it's too much thank you for riding with
a lift
you will reach your destination in 10
minutes
law enforcement
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okay give me your clothes come on
go do it come on do it
this is [ __ ] bro you look great you
should probably go
yeah okay
um
we are around 400 000 over our security
budget
yes that's fine and they'll be expecting
a quarterly report
whoa that's the alternative center
hang on nope nope the specialty singer
i'll sing it all for you
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oh [ __ ] oh my god i used to speak to my
parents i used to speak to a lawyer both
very reasonable requests and i haven't
gotten to do either
we've been here for five days yeah when
we're going to leave
water they took our phones so we took
our clothes i'm wearing
what's that file i don't know
in the early 1900s started using
machines and
fired skilled workers so they could make
more money they hired cheap laborers
like vulnerable migrant women and
children
like 12 year old kids who work in
dangerous conditions for barely any
money
a lot of them died
how many one in three
actually one in three died before the
age of 25
this is so stupid then everyone got
pissed angry and they took to the
streets
they demanded bread for survival and
roses for respect they just wanted to
matter
factory owners left the machines running
to try to trick people into thinking
everything was cool
even without the workers but people
aren't dumb so
they asked for schools like for kids
they asked for
a safer workplace and then they asked
for like um
like cash and they got it
gary allen is letting machines run and
pretending like everything's cool
everything's not cool our parents can't
get jobs and
we can't go to good schools and it's
just hard to survive so me and my
friends
decided to do something about it and
probably get caught
and put in the alternative center and if
i'm seeing this well then
yeah i'm stuck but you're not if enough
people share this video
and change their profile picture to brad
and roses then maybe larry allen will
cave
like that textiles dude and maybe things
will get a little less shitty for
everyone
this is never gonna work what the hell
was she thinking
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why do you still have this on this is
how they're tracking us
get off of me guys please help
is sure if you're watching this you know
this isn't right
please please have enough
all right hang on let me try let me try
get off
don't put your hands on me get off ow
ow
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lily i'll keep this brief schools are
supposed to be safe places for kids if
school is online then that network
needs to be secure you understand that
correct
no i'm a kid i just got sprayed in the
face by a grown ass man
how can you pretend to keep kids safe i
am correcting your behavior
because it's dangerous and threatening
threatening to who who am i threatening
who am i hurting
we are still having security breaches
and this is threatening the innocent
kids that use schoolnet you need to tell
me everything you know where things are
going to keep getting worse
for you your friends and your father
you coward you're just a scared little
man aren't you
yeah you threaten a bunch of kids so
that makes you feel
tough makes you feel big every hour i'm
in here
it costs my company a thousand dollars
an hour
three thousand your cost for every hour
i'm in here
i'm trying very hard to stay composed
i just want my
two are leg
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officers
sam look oh that's awesome
but i don't see the filter or the video
anymore
hmm all right
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hmm
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oh [ __ ] what
just hang on just give it a second give
it a second
why why why
what
i want to destroy
i think so oh my god
okay
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bread and roses bread and roses
red red
red and roses red red
it's not it's not responding
is
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it's over nia no it is
over anything you've ever done any video
any photo anything you've ever posted
is gone any trace of your existence is
gone everything is
gone you don't exist
larry i'm going to take things from here
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uh
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sam listen to me
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law enforcement has surrounded
this is the police
please change into your original
clothing and leave the facility
we have arranged for your transportation
please change into your original
clothing and leave the facility
we have arranged for your transportation
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she hasn't gone back to me yet
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um kyle what's going on here larry
you're being removed from schoolnet
removed
i but i am schoolnet i have the same
level of security clearance as you
and our shareholders agreed that this is
the best move for the company
larry you are receiving a 20 million
retirement package
and you will have no association or
claim to schoolnet
kyle we can still talk his friends
though right
i'm sorry larry kyle
goodbye larry kyle
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kyle
kyle
hey mia you want some baklava this stuff
is so good it's got like these thin
layers of phyllo dough with
little thanks do you know why not oh hey
dad hi
sam oh good you're having some of the
pastry and did you offer some naniya
yeah of course but
she said no okay
nice to meet you um i don't mean to be
rude um you're not being rude
it's over you won have a seat
my dad's taking over as ceo of schoolnet
larry allen's ass is out of there and
the alt center's done
red tap right kid nia the protest in a
powerful message
and you seem to have emerged as their
leader so you are the type of people
that we want
we need at school now so
how would you like to take over for me
as new cto you would be
the youngest cto to ever work at a
company this big like ever
you know what a cto is right it's the
chief tech i know what a cto is sam
if you'd like to be involved in the
future of education forming its path
and this is the type of thing you should
give serious thought to i'd offer to the
boy but he's
well i'll give you some time to think
about it
feel free to have some pastry it's
really quite good
about it so it's got like this honey
like sauce thing on it and then inside
there's like
like walnuts and pistachios and my dad
actually knows the guy who works like a
couple
at the restroom and he gives him like an
extra free piece every time
that's so cool and so like what is up
kids my name is sam bosinski
and i'm so freaking stoked to announce
that i will be accepting the position
of cto at schoolnet also
dad i want to address you personally i
am so
stoked and proud of you for locking down
that position of ceo at school now so as
you can tell
the bazinski boys are going to be
bringing a lot of new changes to the
company and things are going to start to
look a lot more dope around here
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