While Elliot (Rami Malek) is shopping at Microcenter, Mr. Sutherland (Jeremy Holm) is seen playing the video game Watch Dogs (2014). Similar to Mr. Robot, Watch Dogs is about a hacker motivated by revenge.
While in his apartment, Elliot (Rami Malek) builds a directional Wifi antenna out of a Pringles chip can. The "cantenna" is a popular method to cheaply increase transmission or reception of Wifi networks.
Origin of the Title:
- A Hidden Process is a piece of spyware that infects the machine, which is hard to detect due to the large number of default processes running through the machine at the same time.
- The extension: A .axx file extension is an AxCrypt Encrypted file, which encrypts a file till it's unusable without being decrypted with a password/passphrase.
Music:
- "Gnossienne #1". Composed by Erik Satie. Plays as Phillip Price (Michael Cristofer) discusses his plans with Terry Colby (Bruce Altman).
- "Migi Mo Hidari Mo Shihai" (The Head That Controls Both Right and Left Sides Eats Meats and Slobbers Even Today). Recorded by Bleach. Plays as Joanna (Stephanie Corneliussen) dresses for her meeting with Elliot (Rami Malek).
The Microcenter that they are at is the one in Westbury on Long Island in New York.