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Quickhacking is weird when you think about it. (self.cyberpunk2077)
submitted 1 year ago by JoshuaSlowpoke777 to c/cyberpunk2077
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I can stare at one of a building’s security cameras from across the street like a creepy ghost child, and then the entire camera system stares at the people inside and sets them on fire, one by one. It’s like something out of a horror movie

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've always thought that the upload of the program just takes eye contact, but the execution of that program is the loading time we see. Like, some quickhacks might need to dig deeper into a system and break through more safeguards, which is why those take longer.