American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1297 Showdown and Brainstorming

Jack continued to talk in a calm tone, something that made everyone present feel a little uneasy.

"You are indeed a true genius, Mr. Finch." He meant the compliment sincerely.

Although this world is a mess, there has been nothing beyond Jack's cognition so far. There are neither werewolves nor vampires, let alone superheroes who can't even save themselves but are only thinking about saving others.

Compared with Jack's previous life, the speed of technological development in the two worlds is almost the same. However, even though the University of Tokyo has declared the slogan of achieving controlled nuclear fusion before 2050, it has not dared to set a specific timeline for the development of artificial intelligence with self-awareness.

Perhaps there are too many accidental factors involved. Jack, whose computer skills are limited to installing a host and copying the operating system by himself, doesn't know where the gap lies, but he is not short of experts in this field around him.

But then Jack changed the subject, and the following words made Finch's face change several times in an instant, "Of course, this evaluation is not from me, but from 'X Radium'. She called you David.

I'm curious, does this code name imply that you see yourself as the shepherd boy who killed the giant Goliath with a slingshot? "

"X-Radium" is Justin's code name on the Internet as a world-class hacker, and Harold Finch's code name is naturally "David" in Jack's mouth.

As one of the few people at the top of a professional field, it is almost impossible that they have no intersections. Justin knew Finch even earlier than he knew Jack.

When the two met on the Internet, Finch was still using the pseudonym "David".

As early as when Jack first met Reese, he suspected that this world also incorporated the plot of "Person of Interest". For the sake of "anti-voyeurism", he commissioned Justin to help find out the true identity of Harold Finch, but there was no result.

Justine selected several top computer experts from Jack's description who she thought could do this, including "David."

But just as "David" doesn't know the true identity of "X-Ra", Justin is also unable to find out the true identity of "David".

It was not until later that the two changed their thinking. Jack remembered that he had Googled Finch's good friend Nathan Ingram. Following this clue, Justin finally linked "David" to a name called Harold Lane.

The surname Wren originally meant wren, while Finch originally meant sparrow, both being birds.

Jack followed the clues and found out some of Harold Lane's past.

As a young genius who is proficient in computer languages, Harold once had a rebellious period and was even wanted by the FBI for hacking into bank networks.

This may also be the reason why, after he grew up, he let his good friend Nathan take the lead in starting a software company, while he himself stayed behind.

Around this time, Justin finally had his own small supercomputing center and found some clues related to the "machine".

With Jack's reminder, she stopped in time and quickly erased all related traces.

In the real world, a single hacker can never defeat official forces, because all they can do is look for bugs and loopholes in the existing system, or achieve their goals by implanting backdoor programs they developed themselves.

As an official force at the national level, they have sufficient funds to hire enough programmers to build security firewalls, and can even directly recruit high-level hackers.

Just like in Jack's previous life, computer security issues have long evolved from the early days when a worm virus could wreak havoc on the entire network, and one or two so-called "genius hackers" could make security experts feel threatened.
It turned into a head-on confrontation between countries, with one silent offensive and defensive battle after another being launched on the Internet, to the extent that the general public was almost unaware of it.

Sometimes, even just a government order is needed. Many computer hardware are required to have "backdoors" implanted in them when they are designed and manufactured. This is also the reason why the intelligent analysis system code-named "Machine" can grow so rapidly. No matter how talented Harold Finch is, he can't break through so many firewalls alone and collect such a huge amount of data for it.

Only by cooperating with government security departments can he obtain authorization for these official "backdoors" and allow the "machine" to pass unimpeded through computers in most parts of the world, because the manufacturers of these computer hardware are all American companies.

Perhaps it was because he had received too much stimulation this morning that this "Mr. Finch" had become a little numb, or perhaps it was because of someone's deliberate guidance.

After hearing Justin's code name, he subconsciously imagined everything and thought that Jack knew about him and his secrets through "X-Ray".

When Harold Finch heard the code name "David", a barely perceptible embarrassment crossed his face, just like an ordinary person being called out by the online nickname he created in his middle school years.

Subconsciously scratching his neck with his pinky finger, he awkwardly tried to change the subject, "I noticed that when you referred to 'X-Ra', you used the word she."

"Yes, she is my friend and lives in Los Angeles. Do you need me to introduce her to you in real life?" Jack asked with a smile.

Seeing Finch shaking his head slightly stiffly, Jack couldn't help but feel secretly proud while saying "Done" in his heart.

In fact, he didn't know how to explain to the two people in front of him how he knew those secrets, but fortunately, dealing with smart people is sometimes easier. As the saying goes, invisible imagination is the most deadly.

Jack spent a long time thinking about today's conversation.

It was not difficult to gain Reese's trust. After God sent Jessica to him, all that was left was a transaction of sincerity for sincerity.

He has done similar things many times, including Liam Neeson (crossed out) - Brian Mills, who had retired from the CIA but was dragged back by Jack to continue to make use of his remaining energy.

But it is not easy to gain the trust of Harold Finch, who witnessed his good friend die in an assassination by government agents and was also left disabled by the explosion.

In his eyes, there is no difference between the NSA and the FBI.

After much thought, Jack weighed the pros and cons again and again, and finally made up his mind to go straight to the point.

What he was betting on was timing and the limitations of this real world. With today's computer computing power, it is far from enough to support the existence of an omniscient and omnipotent "electronic God".

Even according to the setting in the original drama, because Finch imposed many restrictions on the "machine" due to various concerns, Jack had the confidence to catch this guy directly and have a frank talk like this.

They are all smart people, but Jack stands firmly at a higher level because he has the memories of his past life.

It turned out that his bet was right. The "machine" failed to detect Jack's intentions, just as it failed to predict the "Central Park bombing" in advance.

Jack bowed slightly in Finch's direction, "Don't panic, Mr. Finch, I know that because of your previous experience, you are wary of government departments, especially the FBI like us.

But have you ever thought about this question: Is the government of this country really a whole as you think it is? "

(End of this chapter)