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We want to send a message that our department is organized and efficient, and that we will enforce Registration as legally mandatory.
I know I can count on each of you to help set this nation straight.
Margaret LaBouchere
Undersec’y, FBCS
Lieutenant Detective Budge brings his seat back down hard, feet flying off the desk. What the hell are they thinking up there? Reg was supposed to be optional! And we can’t even track down parking violators; how the fuck do they think we’re gonna track computer users?
Reminder to self: get the wording of the law that makes Registration legally mandatory.
END JABBA NARRATIVE ENTRY
TOOBE ENTRY
I hacked their system! How cool am I!?
But ohfuckohfuck. I think I blew it. I mean, I scan police messages, but with Jabba’s toyz I can get a little further in. I think she likes me even though she calls me names in Yiddish. Wait, Jabba? Jewish? Concentrate, Toobe, concentrate.
Anyway. I was so excited, I mean, proof they’re gonna be real anal about catching people who didn’t comply. Proof! I download that sucker, and as soon as the download starts… BAM!
///799OFO9O9I///
I was too long in that area, and I think my screen name was spotted! If they ever play back activity in that area, my stupid name would be right there!
Okay, maybe they won’t play it back.
Why should they play back a day’s worth of cybermessages?
They won’t play it back.
So who do I call?
JJJJJJa-a-a-aba….
To:Jabbathehut
From:Toobe
Subj:Trouble
Answer me something please? If I was reading messages on a police bulletin board and I downloaded something, could they trace me?
—T.
To:Toobe
From:Jabbathehut
Subj:in River City
Absolutely. However, chances are they won’t because they have no reason to go over logs every day. As far as they know it’s a Bulletin Board Service for gendarmes only. (BBS, of course.)
Young one, permit me to remind you: do NOT go into their BBS anymore. Do NOT trigger screen capture by initiating downloads. Use the backdoor for all downloads. As I’ve taught you.
::muttering::
Fighting God, J
