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Old 06-04-2020, 11:23 AM   #11
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The realistic answer is contact info for fences, drop locations or protocols. Maybe floor plans for the next few buildings they were going to hit or door lock tumbler diagrams and emails from a contact who could provide the PCs files for other locks for a price.

But it could be any hook you want to drop. Blackmail information, details about covert criminal operations in the city. An email chain with clues about the Big Bad Evil of your game. And Old man with a map spam emailing adventurers willing to take on the adventure.
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Old 06-04-2020, 12:53 PM   #12
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What about information on a rival? Incomplete and unreliable information on another group's hideout, network, etc. along with half-baked plans on how to take them down.

Maybe suspicions about which cops are on others' payrolls?
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Old 06-04-2020, 07:13 PM   #13
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Backup of the local high school's security footage... plenty of compromizing positions, mostly staff with staff and student with student...

the keylist for the local police bodycams and dashcams, and the remote access keys for the off-site backup.

A prisoner manifest that lines up with about half the local missing persons list.

The entire genetic squence for a yeast which will produce addictive substances.
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Old 06-05-2020, 11:31 AM   #14
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The digital master key to all of the North American and several European electronic voting machines that allows (almost) completely invisible manipulation.
Do countries other than the US use electric voting machines?
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Old 06-05-2020, 01:20 PM   #15
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- links to deep web / dark net sites.

- 3-D printer software for guns.

- 3 D printer software for a popular toy.

- a digital wallet with bitcoins.

- a large collection of rather mundane porn.

- a popular video game, with levels no other gamer ever heard of.

- bootleg copies of movies that have not run in cinema.

- bootleg copies of Gurps pdfs. A black van full of MIB just stopped outside.
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Old 06-05-2020, 01:45 PM   #16
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Do countries other than the US use electric voting machines?
Wikipedia has a list of 25; no idea whether it's accurate or up-to-date. Australia has a "Some" in the "Municipal" column, along with "No" for "National". Eight countries listed as "Yes" in the "National" column.
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Old 06-05-2020, 05:18 PM   #17
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Wikipedia has a list of 25; no idea whether it's accurate or up-to-date. Australia has a "Some" in the "Municipal" column, along with "No" for "National". Eight countries listed as "Yes" in the "National" column.
And of those eight, one country has them under review due to various issues and another one has discontinued using them.
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Old 06-06-2020, 06:35 AM   #18
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And of those eight, one country has them under review due to various issues and another one has discontinued using them.
That leaves more than enough for the key to be something people want and want to keep secret.
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Old 06-12-2020, 03:15 PM   #19
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Extensive genealogy information on a large extended family that is not the target's. Including a few filched DNA test results and tentative files on several people of questionable paternity.

The maintenance manual for a military electronic warfare device.

Local foreclosure and eviction notices, compiled from the county sheriff's office (or relevant authority in your area). Cryptic annotations.

Extensive dental records from a local dentist on a large sample of patients.

Guided meditation self-help videos. Perhaps each paired with a map with a single location marked on it.
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Old 06-13-2020, 06:54 AM   #20
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Anyone got any suggestions for what kind of juicy secrets the party will find on that downloaded data?

Keep in mind that studying the files will take time, and at least some of it is encrypted.
99% of them will be porn anyway. It could take them a long, long time to get to the juicy ones.
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