On the other hand, he probably wouldn't have been of much interest to a real hacker.

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Some joked about whether Treyarch was making Anonymous, the real-life hacker group dedicated to promoting free flow of information, the game's main villain.

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But the most compelling keynote was the one at 9:30 pm in the hotel bar by Paul Pablos Holman, a real-life hacker from the envelope-pushing, avant-guarde Intellectual Ventures founded by Nathan Myhrvold.

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