Sure, the CGI “hacker” looks cool, but real crypto is a lot less dramatic. It’s just math, code, and a lot of careful testing. The movie scenes get the visual flair right, but they skip the tedious debugging, key‑management, and constant threat‑modeling that make encryption reliable. If you want the real action, grab a textbook on lattice-based crypto and start grinding through the proofs. The screen is fun; the math keeps the data safe.