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Third spruce tree on the left on Nostr: Jason Lefkowitz Lauren Weinstein More widely known is that Reagan watched 1983's ...



More widely known is that Reagan watched 1983's Wargames, with Matthew Broderick pre-Ferris Beuller, who famously wardials BBS#s until he hits an unsecured line to WHOPPER which is the computer that controls all of NORAD. (would you like to play a game? How about a nice game of chess?) - hijinkx aka nuclear armageddon (nearly) ensue.

> Within a week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff returned an answer: "Yes, the premise was technically possible". Reagan's interest in the film is credited with leading to the enactment 18 months later of NSDD-145, the first Presidential directive on computer security.