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Yeah, but I think that the wireless lifestyle in SR makes it too prevalent. Requiring people to broadcast their information is just rife for abuse...
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May 3 2006, 01:27 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
You're only required to broadcast in certain areas, usually corp grounds or high class neighborhoods. Presumably those are the areas where the most watchful eyes would also be, in order to avoid as much abuse as possible (or allow it, depending on the area).
That gives me an idea: a mafia / yakuza run restaurant so fancy you're required to broadcast your info. Having free and easy access to the commlinks and SINs of tons of rich people could be useful. |
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May 3 2006, 01:33 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
My impression was that was only in A rated areas and above, along with workplaces (which is already coming). I think that comes more from the "new" government which took power after or rather due to System Failure. Considering that LA was sunk and thousands died from Winternight's attack, a few security measures were easy to implement (hell, they made not having a SIN a crime)...
Remember that vehicles already had to broadcast a VIN in 2060, so making people carry RFID tags doesn't seem so far off to me. Obviously you can scale the wireless as desired. I've already made large parts of Seattle Dead Zones (the Ork Underground, the Barrens, the lower levels of some old super-apartment complexes). |
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May 3 2006, 01:35 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Not having a SIN isn't a crime yet, it just means you could be seriously screwed if you get into any kind of trouble, you can't find a decent job, and you can't do the millions of other little things that make life worth living like having a bank account accessible from a booby bar.
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May 3 2006, 01:37 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Reread page 38 of SR4.
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May 3 2006, 01:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
Yeah, but that's your work ID, not your SSN or anything sensitive. And I don't think anyplace has you broadcast info, but rather there are readers that you pass through or near which "ping" you for ID. I know some places are working on an active system, so that employees can be located instantly, but again, that's only your work info (which, for wageslaves is the same thing, I know) |
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May 3 2006, 02:02 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Well, you don't have to broadcast - it is legal to use an RFID which only activates when pinged, for example. I'm not exactly sure that knowing someone's SIN makes it that much easier to harm them. Everything pretty much requires a biometric conformation, making a SIN more like knowing a person's full name and date of birth. I agree that it's ripe for abuse in ways, but that's not exactly a turn off for me. Hell, knowing someone's cell number can give you access to everything about them if you hack the provider or just listen long enough... Anyway, I'm really not trying to convince you!
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