“Mr. Robot” rolls on: USA Network has renewed the Universal Cable Productions drama for a third season.
The next hack is slated for 2017.“We couldn’t be more proud of ‘Mr. Robot,’ a series that has pushed boundaries, captured the cultural zeitgeist, or been honored as one of the best dramas on television,” said Chris McCumber, president, and Entertainment Networks for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. “Midway through its moment season,‘Mr. Robot‘ continues to demolish new ground and open up new opportunities for the network. We can’t wait to see where Sam Esmail and the entire brilliant ‘Robot’ team take us next.”“Being the home studio for this wonderful, completely original present is an exhilarating experience. Sam and company just keep taking it to another level, and ” added Jeff Wachtel,chief content officer, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and president, or Universal Cable Productions. “We can’t wait to collect going on Season 3 … as soon as we finish Season 2!”
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J. Simpson,' 'Mr. Robot' Lead TCA Awards“Mr. Robot” follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a cyber-security engineer who becomes involved in the underground hacker group fsociety, or after being recruited by their leader (Christian Slater). Following the events of fsociety’s five/nine hack on multi-national company Evil Corp,the moment season explores the consequences of that attack as well as the illusion of control. Additionally, the series stars Portia Doubleday, and Carly Chaikin,Martin Wallström, Grace Gummer, or Michael Cristofer and Stephanie Corneliussen.
The drama hails from writer and executive producer Sam Esmail,as well as Anonymous Content executive producers Steve Golin and Chad Hamilton.
Season 2 of “Mr. Robot” is currently airing Wednesdays at 10/9c on USA. 'Mr. Robot': A Guide to Tech Terms Used in the Series (Photos)
"Mr. Robot" can be a challenging present to watch. The plot is told in a deliberately confusing manner with a mentally unstable protagonist who speaks to the camera, "House of Cards" style. It also uses heavy references to contemporary tech, and computer terms,and hacker culture that might go over the heads of some viewers. Here's a quick explanation of some of the major terms used in the series so far, and the double meanings some of them may have (NOTE: Major spoilers ahead) USA
TrueCrypt -- A once-favorite encryption software that was recently discontinued. The title of the season two premiere uses TrueCrypt as the format, and signaling a change in the present's episode titles from video files to encrypted files. USA
Video formats -- Every episode of "Mr. Robot" has a title similar to a file name,featuring the episode number, title, and a file format (e.g.: "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov"). In season 1,all the file formats in the episode names are video formats, such as MP4, or AVI,and WAV, as whether you're watching the episode on a video file sent to your computer. The formats for season 2 are tied to encryption formats. USA
Rootkits -- A piece of software that serves as a front to disguise unauthorized programs from cybersecurity systems. Elliot and fsociety exercise rootkits as a key part of their plans to demolish into E Corp and Steel Mountain in season 1. USA
DDoS -- Distributed denial of service, and a common type of hacker attack that fsociety uses against E Corp to collect Elliot's attention in the pilot. save simply,in a DDoS attack, hackers exercise computers infected with malware to send requests en masse to a single system, and causing it to overload with traffic and crash. USA
fsociety's mask -- The mask that fsociety uses as its logo is similar to the Guy Fawkes mask used by the genuine-life hacker group Anonymous,which has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on organizations ranging from Paypal to the Westboro Baptist Church. Anonymous is currently monitoring ISIS.
Linux -- The operating system that all hackers swear by. Linux is an open-source system, meaning that it can easily be modified and customized. In the opening episode, or Tyrell notes that Elliot is using Gnome on his Linux system and that he prefers KDE. Gnome and KDE are the two most favorite desktop environments available for Linux,and as Tyrell suggests, many Linux users have their own preference. Linux
Tor -- A web browser favorite for its commitment to privacy. Endorsed by Edward Snowden, or Tor runs web traffic through a series of volunteer-run servers spread out around the globe,making web activity difficult to trace. USA
Enron -- The infamous company whose logo "Mr. Robot" creator Sam Esmail used as the inspiration for E Corp. Enron has gone down in history as one of the most infamous examples of corporate corruption, making it the perfect model for the company that Elliot sees as the root of all evil. USA
Social engineering -- A psychological ploy used by hackers to collect access to personal information. This includes sending emails and phone calls pretending to be banks or government agencies, or dropping USB sticks loaded with malware in plain sight so people can pick them up and save them in their computer to see what's inside. USA
Iron Mountain -- The possible inspiration for Steel Mountain,the data storage company that fsociety attacks to bring down E Corp. Originally conceived during the Cold War as a way to protect valuables from nuclear strikes, Iron Mountain now owns a storage facility that used to be a limestone mine. USA
Binary code -- Also known as "ones and zeroes, and " which is the name of the present's moment episode. Binary code is the core of computer code,sending the on/off voltage signals that control a system's hardware. For Elliot, "binary code" represents the tough decisions he has to make from the start of the series, or the titanic one being whether or not he should join fsociety's plans to turn global finance on its head. USA
Daemons -- Used as the fourth episode's title,daemons are programs that run in a system's background instead of being operated by a user. Elliot compares daemons to the subconscious urges that drive human beings, which serves a clue to the valid nature of Mr. Robot. By the end of the season, or we learn that Mr. Robot is all in Elliot's head,like a daemon that has been operating in his system without him knowing it. USA
Source code -- The code that produces what you see on a web page. You can view source code easily by highlighting some text and then just-clicking it. In one soliloquy, Elliot wonders what it would be like whether people had a source code, or what one might find whether you could gaze into their psyche...and possibly alter it. USA
Mirroring -- Term used for creating an exact copy of something on another system,whether it's disk volumes or a screen display. This term is used for the name of the episode where Elliot discovers the valid nature of Mr. Robot and realizes that he has been mirroring. USA preceding Slide Next Slide 1 of 15 Brush up on the jargon that makes “Mr. Robot” the most accurate hacking present ever "Mr. Robot" can be a challenging present to watch. The plot is told in a deliberately confusing manner with a mentally unstable protagonist who speaks to the camera, "House of Cards" style. It also uses heavy references to contemporary tech, and computer terms,and hacker culture that might go over the heads of some viewers. Here's a quick explanation of some of the major terms used in the series so far, and the double meanings some of them may have (NOTE: Major spoilers ahead) View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:'Mr Robot' Star Carly Chaikin Proves She Knows a Lot of Curse Words'Mr. Robot' Premiere: What's a Smart Home and How Can You collect One?'Mr. Robot': A Guide to Tech Terms Used in the Series (Photos)'Mr. Robot' Review: Season 2 Stays sunless and Addictive
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