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I haven't seen the movie but was planning to - is this a spoiler? Does this mean when I watch the movie and see that a character has an iPhone, I know that they're not the real killer?

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Do you really want an answer to that question if you are trying to avoid spoilers for the movie? Right now, you don't know whether it is a spoiler or not. It is Scrodinger's spoiler. Why open the box and risk finding a dead cat?

Then you spend the whole movie obsessing about if it's true or not, making it even worse.

It is a whodunit. Those movies are designed for you to obsess over every detail to figure out who actually committed the murder. Just consider the suspects' phones as extra clues that could prove to be either vital in solving the crime or a complete red herring.

Because as a reader of Hacker News, I am driven by knowledge and information, even if it is to my detriment. My personal condition is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is The Knowledge.

I guess my question was more rhetorical, a way to complain about having the movie spoiled for me. I had already concluded that the movie was spoiled.

If that is the case and you are willing to brave another potential spoiler... this movie is setup in a way this iPhone spoiler is a much smaller reveal than it would be in most other whodunits. I can't say more without serious potential spoilers, but you would know what I mean if you see the movie. I wouldn't let this iPhone detail decrease your desire to see the movie.

Pretty sure this was a thing in the 24 series. One of the good characters oddly did not use a Mac like all of the others. Yeah, bad person.

People were watching for it and noticed when someone in the organization suddenly switched to using a Dell, only to reveal their heel turn a couple of episodes later.

I recall that for an organization devoted to counter-terrorism, they seemed to have a policy of only hiring undercover terrorists.

> I recall that for an organization devoted to counter-terrorism, they seemed to have a policy of only hiring undercover terrorists.

So, realistic?

This is a spoiler. That said, not really. It's not the type of movie where there's a big room at the end with a ton of suspects and you seeing some iPhones will ruin all the suspense. It's a lot of fun with a great plot.

I don't actually remember what kind of phone each character in this movie has, but this headline is not only an issue for this movie, I guess it can be a spoiler for any movie you watch from now on! Hah.

If that's the case then if I'm a thriller author and my bestseller is going into production then I will be lining up a whole artillery of attorneys and probably some court orders equivalent to Anton Pillar orders which is the England copyright abuse evidence seizure order and the nuclear option and also capable of being treated as international when the agreement is operated from England the location of parties subject to the Royal Courts is irrelevant unless you can't obtain LEO cooperation in which case your judge chews the England based entity a new one for starters. My objective being to secure definitive evidence whether the movie producers are debasing my moral copyright in a criminal defacement and distortion of my artwork.

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