Something I was wondering about, the nastiest surprise in 3rd ed ICE was psychotropic ice, instead of killing the decker it could program them. Imagine how much nastier Missing Blood gets if the decker isn't killed by the UB black ice but instead get's brain washed into handing us over. SOOOO not good.
So this made me wonder. with so many people hooked up with active AR/VR in the 4th ed. How much more common might psychotropic ICE be? OK Not turning everyone inot a good little corp slave, you'd get psychotic going through a mall but what about subliminal advertising? Stuff fed right into your brain before you can say 'no thanks, just looking."
Full Version: Psychotropic ice in 4th Ed.
Cold sim, what most people run, would protect against "true" psychotropic effects. And any kind of subliminal spam would have to overcome your Anti-Viral Marketing software (Firewall). Though, obviously, as today, the war against spam is more a stemming of the tide...
Would the brain develop a natural resistance to subliminal-esque suggestions simply due to exposure; from birth to your first credstick the constant bombardment hardening our minds into ignoring the attacks - or do we obliviously follow these suggestions, ignorant to their effects?
The heightened abilities of direct marketing due to our posting of our lives online coupled with super-crunching computers specialized in human behavior might make excellent shepherds for the consumer herd. Directing us gently into the lives we want to live.
Security programs might even look for people whose behavior doesn't match the expected patterns based on their profiles and purchasing histories. Flagging and monitoring those who resist the flow of their pigeonhole profile.
Would the brain develop a natural resistance to subliminal-esque suggestions simply due to exposure; from birth to your first credstick the constant bombardment hardening our minds into ignoring the attacks - or do we obliviously follow these suggestions, ignorant to their effects?
The heightened abilities of direct marketing due to our posting of our lives online coupled with super-crunching computers specialized in human behavior might make excellent shepherds for the consumer herd. Directing us gently into the lives we want to live.
Security programs might even look for people whose behavior doesn't match the expected patterns based on their profiles and purchasing histories. Flagging and monitoring those who resist the flow of their pigeonhole profile.
how about psychotropic ICE that leaves you with a compulsion to go head-to-head with black ICE?
I wonder, could I write my own psychotropic ICE and install it in my commlink? Any attempts to hack my commlink would result in the IC attacking. It would then determine if it is a person (hacker or TM, not an AI or program) behind the attack and if so, attempt to get that person to become friends the PC?
That's be a cheap way to get free contacts.
- J.
That's be a cheap way to get free contacts.
- J.
QUOTE (The Jake @ Jan 19 2009, 06:08 PM) 
That's be a cheap way to get free contacts.
"I love you man!"
The psychotropic stuff is a program option, so yes you could program it. (Or thread it as a Technomancer on the fly)
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