| From: | Max Rible <slothman@*********.ORG> |
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| Subject: | Re: Forged Credsticks/IDs, Hestaby, and the Underworld |
| Date: | Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:23:38 -0800 |
>Quoting Rakshasa (Rakshasa@******.NET):
>> 1) Forged Credsticks - At first it seemed very simple to me, but
>>one night at 3:30 when I was going to bed, I though of this and it kept
>>me up for a couple hours. Hypthetical, Say Joe the Samauri has
>>an old SIN from his legit days (still hanging around - only used for
>>the most legit dealings) and a pretty good forged SIN for day-to-day
>>use when certified cred would be too conspicous. Say, on a run
>>against some big power, he left a print lying around and if was
>>discovered and sent to the UCAS to undergo a high power trace.
>>Would the computer find both identities? Credsticks (non-certified
>>anyway) need identification to use, according to Neo-A G to RL,
>>silver - ebony credsticks require figerprints, voiceprints, retinal
>>scans, or cellular scans (in order of value of stick) If you're using
>>two SINs both would have to have same physical IDs wouldn't they?
> Yes, the fingerprints and retinal info for the two
>identities should be the same (unless the characters took steps to avoid this,
>as some might...). However, a search probably won't turn up both of them -
>after all, when the computer finds the first match, it'll probably STOP. The
>problem is, however, there's no telling WHICH one it'll find. It's essentially
>random which one will be discovered first (it'd depend on the info they were
>using to search, how the database was indexed, the computer's search algorithm,
>etc...just flip a coin). If something seems fishy, or the investigators have
>reason to believe they may be dealing with a false identity, they COULD
>decide to continue the search, possibly turning up Identity #2 (or 4, or 8...)
I address some of these concerns on my web site at
http://www.amurgsval.org/shadowrun/ on the
http://www.amurgsval.org/shadowrun/credsticks.html page.
I expect that you aren't required to give the same fingerprint always
for an ID-- you could have one keyed to your right thumb and one to
your left, for instance. Of course, if they get a full set of prints,
they might turn up all your ID's that way, and if you get arrested
they'll probably run matches on all your prints...
In my campaign, the amount of processing required to look up a print
is such that it's impractical to correlate all prints on file with
all other fingerprints on file to look for matches, so federal computers
with idle CPU cycles don't sit there grinding away hunting for different
ID's with the same prints...
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