in SR, everything is a program, and so it will be in real life to, apparently Options

[hobgoblin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdExukJVUGI

since apple announced the ipad, it seems more and more we are heading for a SR way of things.

basically, ever since SR1 there have been a way to embed attack code inside what at first glance appears to be pure data files. That would be the equivalent of embedding a virus inside a txt file.

but what if, in the SR time line, even the lowly email is a "app"? Sure, the thought can bring a IT security person to tears, but that may not stop it from happening. For one thing, DRM, while not stopping a shadowrunner for even a second, is probably embedded into the very fabric of the matrix. So each piece of data carries its own bit of code that verifies the reader and the readers hardware before allowing access to its internals. And also, as seen in the video above, even the lowliest of communications or information have been turned into a multimedia extravaganza. A cookbook that verbally and visually explain each step in the process. A email thats a presentation with audio narration. And all embedded in its own playback code, so that at no time do people need to have extra software on hand to play it back. they just need to open the "file".