What about the ability to draw someone who has NO cyber (or hell... NO equipment) into the Matrix? I might be able to understand a "mutation", but this ability? How do you explain it?
How du you explain the piece of equipment (trodes) it emulates?
But yeah, I tend to ignore these too "magical" abilites. Same thing with Skinlink..if electronics were actually electronics it could be handwaved with induction, but since all devices are supposed to be optical...