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Message no. 1
From: William Monroe Ashe <wma6617@****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Using the Matrix w/o "Decking"; My thoughts - my reply
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 17:23:17 -0500
On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, ... ... wrote:

> hmmm....IC won't cause you physical harm if you aren't really decking,
> unless it's trace, and that's indirect. My feelings are that accessing
> the Matrix is pretty similar to the way it was before the Crash, if you
> aren't using a datajack, or 'trodes. You could probably still hack a
> system, although you'd have to know everything about that system and set
> it up in advance. If you didn't, you'd be traced and burned before you
> could logoff.
>
Unless I have completly misread the rules (which happens about once a
week), if you are using any system that has an ASSIST interface, you are
vulnerable to Black IC. Now a cool ASSIST is only vulnerable to
psychotropic, whereas all of the rest can permanently ruin your day

The other thing that I am trying to figure out is what can the average
person do WITHOUT having to resort to hacking.

i.e
1) create and use frames (smart or dumb)
2) " " " " SK's

things like this (and maybe some rules) are what I'm trying to work out


Regards

Bill
Message no. 2
From: "... ..." <Brother-1@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Using the Matrix w/o "Decking"; My thoughts - my reply
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:58:48 -1000
>if you are decking any system with an ASIST >interface...
But the subject as I understood it was not really "decking" (check
subject), which means they wouldn't be interfacing.
>Frames...
Yeah, that's kinda what I was pokin' at. I'd say that anything you could
store and send out independently (maybe even a DINABed program) would be
usable. I've gotta do some poking around VR2.0 to support another idea,
but there's probably more forthcoming.

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