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Quickhacking is weird when you think about it. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world to c/cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world
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I can stare at one of a building’s security cameras from across the street like a creepy ghost child, and then the entire camera system stares at the people inside and sets them on fire, one by one. It’s like something out of a horror movie

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[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 13 points 11 months ago

would have custom firmware designed to prevent intrusions like that

In-universe that's what ICE is referring to - Intrusion Countermeasures Electionics

None of my cyberware would even have wireless capability; I'd do all of my updates using physical media.

Realistically how many people use electronics today with zero wireless capability and do only updates with physical media? A tiny minority of highly security conscious people, the vast majority of us use wireless smartphones and an increasing number of IoT smart devices, because the convenience.