Basic Email Security
- Episode aired Apr 14, 2015
- TV-Y
- 28m
A hacker threatens to publish emails unless a scheduled appearance by a racist comic is canceled.A hacker threatens to publish emails unless a scheduled appearance by a racist comic is canceled.A hacker threatens to publish emails unless a scheduled appearance by a racist comic is canceled.
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- TriviaThe story is a spoof of the infamous 2014 Sony email hack. A group calling themselves "Guardians of Peace" was allegedly sponsored by North Korea government and asked that Sony not release the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy film The Interview (2014). The movie dealt with the assassination of the Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The hack revealed, among other things, the negotiations between Yahoo and Sony Pictures Television regarding the sixth season of "Community". Joel McHale was also a victim of the hack, as emails between him and a Sony executive were among those made public. In one of those emails he was asking for a discount on a Sony 4K television.
- GoofsIn the credit scenes with the police officer and his child partner, when he buckles up to head out it doesn't buckle. You can see it start to retract.
- Quotes
Britta Perry: Look, I know some things have gotten too simple and other things have gotten too complicated, but we still have a legacy and a job in this country. We're the colony so high maintenance the British gave up. We're so obnoxious the French sent us a statue. Nobody tells us to shut up. And yes, I know that our wealth is no longer distributed, and yes, our democracy has been hijacked and turned into a puppet show about two fake parties that are controlled by a cartel of monopolies, and yes, if our votes had any real power they'd be illegal.
Annie Edison: Britta! Freedom of speech acknowledged. Trust us.
Britta Perry: Cancel the show and you cancel people. Might as well bring dinosaurs back.
Abed Nadir: [Suddenly very interested] What? Let her finish.
- SoundtracksGreendale is Where I Belong
Performed by Ludwig Göransson
This episode is a great commentary about double standards, freedom and integrity.
- daisyisabaker
- Feb 6, 2021
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- Runtime28 minutes
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- 16:9 HD