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Simon Wentworth (order #1132857) 9> Pretending to be someone else, someone who looks like you, worksgreat. Stolen IDs are a big business, but you can do it for free bysurfing social websites. Nothing is stopping you from switchingyour commlink to transmit your doppleganger’s information (name,address, favorite music). When you go out clubbing, use her namewhen you pick up a hot guy.> Kat O’Nine Tales> You can take this a step further and use nanopaste, altskin, orlatex facemasks to actually copy an existing person. Copy their fingerprints,practice walking and talking like them. It can be fun to besomeone else. And, it confuses the hell out of the cops. The moreconfusion there is, the harder it will be to find the clue that leads tothe important data … and to you.> Fianchetto> You know, most sprawl citizens wear breathers, and AR glasses orgoggles are common. With a ball cap or hooded coat, you’ve basicallygot a full facial disguise—and you blend in with the rest of themetahumans in any sprawl. With a quick hairstyle change and somebody dye, a padded jacket or some high-heeled boots, they can’teven tell if you’re Caucasian or Asian, human or ork. Doesn’t workso well for Trolls and Dwarves, of course. Some fashions are evencompletely gender neutral, and you’d be hard pressed to tell if theperson was male, female, or other.> Hard Exit> Some people like to switch genders for runs, through disguises orcosmetic surgery. Right, Hard Exit?> Pistons> Hey, all you’ve got to do is throw on some nanopaste and wearthe right clothes, and the corp security cameras will see a broadshouldered Caucasian man, rather than a mixed-race female. Helpsif you have the right build, of course, but there’s alt-skin if you needhelp with that.> Hard Exit> Along the same lines, Magicians who can’t use cleansing mightconsider muddying the scene—although distasteful, killing a fewchickens or even rats creates enough of a temporary backgroundcount to last until a low-level spell fades. And, consider switchingout equipment and clothing, even guns, frequently so they can’tbe used as sympathetic links. A disguise can make symbolic linksalmost impossible. If you’re really feeling twisted, leave a false trailof viable ritual samples taken from a stooge or enemy…> LyranGet over Yourself. Change Your Biometrics!There’s only one class of data you can never get rid of: yourbiometric patterns—or so goes the official line. The shape of yourface, your gait, your retina pattern, your DNA, your speech pattern,they’re all permanent. But wait, that’s not true!Modern surgery and implants make anything possible. If youthink you’ve been made, get a new face. Modern chop shops offerambulant treatment within hours. It’s cheap, it takes little time,and it’s out there. Use it. It’s a little more costly to change yourfingerprints, speech pattern, and retinas, but it definitely paysRunner’s Companionoff. You pay so much for cyberware, you should invest a little intoplastic surgery, too. Just never forget to pay a hacker to “update”your SINs afterwards.> You can also easily use fake fingerprints, a voice modulator, andcontact lenses. In today’s Augmented world, you’ve got the perfectexcuse to wear dark or shaded glasses—even if you have themturned off—to prevent any scanners from ever actually seeing yourretinas.> Ma’fan> There are plenty of helpful augmentations. Voice modulators.Various genetic tweaks are great: genewipe, gene masque, thingslike that make any forensics you leave behind hard, or impossible,to use. And minor cosmetic modifications can be done with simplechemical cocktails, no surgery needed.> ButchEvery Time You Kill a RFID, an Angel Gets Its WingsLet me tell you a story about Ronald the Runner. Ronaldwent into a high security facility. He maintained total radio silence,used chameleon polymers to stay hidden, the concealmentability of a spirit protected him, and he was silent like a shadow.Forty-three minutes into the run, a security spider wondered whatan RFID chip announcing the qualities of Silky-Skin TM underwearwas doing in his high security lab. Ten minutes later, Ronald theRunner was caught. He had forgotten to kill the RFID in hisunderwear.You don’t want to end like Ronald. You don’t want to involuntarilypromote the quality of any underwear or any otherproducts you might own. RFIDs give your location away, they givedata about your purchases away, and they give away data about thestate of objects you own. Kill every RFID chip you can find. Buyyourself an eraser and wipe the little buggers off all your gear.> Tag erasers + Radio Signal Scanners = safe fun.> Slamm-0!> I know what your idea of “safe” is, Romeo.> Netcat> If I show you my HERF gun will you show me yours?> Slamm-0!Be Smart and Don’t be GreedySo, you pulled off a job at Corp X. Of course, you left sometrace. Everybody leaves traces. The corporation will now look foryou. The question is, how hard will they try?Most likely, they know how the game works. Somebody thatbenefited from the run hired you. You’re a deniable asset, kept inthe dark, and will be dropping the goods and/or getting your paycheckfrom Mr. J. ASAP. Remember with the corps it’s all aboutthe bottom line—is tracking someone who evaded them worththe expense? If you stole something, they know you don’t haveit anymore. If you extracted somebody, you don’t know wherethe person is anymore. If you destroyed something, there’s noreason to find you at all. You’re just the tool. Somebody else—Mr.Johnson—is responsible and now holds the goods.27survival tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .