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Old 01-20-2016, 10:17 PM   #11
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Default Re: [Help Needed] Cyberpunk Program Cost Question

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The biggest problems come from the fact that the character is still in high school, and it takes place in 2007, so he really doesn't have access to the tools for creating code that were listed above.
Why would he not? By then the internet was developed enough that you could find a lot of stuff online, if you knew where to look. 2007 isn't the dark ages, we had iPhones back then.

Hacking really is equal parts social engineering, electronics, operating system and software coding knowledge. It's not just one skill.
Most of that is cheap, but social engineering and electronics can get expensive.

It will in general be an opposed roll. It's your skill against whomever designed the security of the system.

If you want to get some idea of how hacking works, look at some of the DEFCON videos on YouTube. Some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1hjIMR3ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobLb1McxnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5PRvBpLuJs

In general, my experience is that software manufacturers have gotten better at security over the past 10-15 years, even Microsoft. Hardware manufacturers usually aren't. Doesn't matter if it's a car, coffee machine or fridge. All of these things come with software now, but hardware manufacturers have a long way to go before they understand the security implications.
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