A blind computer hacker figures out the secrets of a universal decryption device, which allows unrestricted access to all vital computer networks. The tension between white-hat and black-hat hacking ethics is apparent, as the team playfully discusses bringing down passenger jets, shutting down the Federal Reserve, blacking out the national power grid, etc. This trope of the cinematic imaginary fuels anxieties regarding the power of a technological elite to control basic societal functions and public safety.