Crime

Overview

 * Ad-Hacking/Takeover
 * Blackmail/Extortion
 * Bricking/System Crashing/DDOS
 * Corporate Espionage/Sabotage
 * Counterfeit Chips & Software
 * Counterfeit Goods & Materials
 * Counterfeit Solid Credit Cards
 * Data Theft
 * False IDs
 * Falsified City Records
 * Falsified Media Content/News
 * Fictitious Accounting
 * Ghost PIDs (creating or selling)
 * Identity Theft
 * Kidnapping/Abduction
 * Libel/Slander/Malicious Rumor
 * Malicious Display Augmentation
 * Malware/Ransomware
 * Masking
 * Network Cracking
 * Network Jamming
 * PIDkit Theft
 * Power Theft
 * QuietSuits
 * Sensor Spoofing
 * Snooping/Illegal Surveillance
 * Social Engineering (physical or digital)
 * Social Image Hacking/Splicing
 * Unauthorized System Access
 * Unlicensed Botnet/Drone Fleet
 * Unregulated Drugs/Meds/Biotech
 * Vehicular Takeover
 * Virus Distribution
 * Weaponized Bots/Drones

“Blue Collar” Crime (mugging, theft, assault, rape, murder, etc) still happens, although the ubiquity of RFID chips and sensors means that a large percentage of crimes are committed by Discons, or by people who have managed to evade identification by some technical means (including Ghost PIDs, QuietSuits, EMP tech, encryption algorithms, anti-counter-espionage software, false identities, coercion, etc.)

A large part of underground commercial activity – both in the real world and on the Dark Net – involves the buying and selling of identities, warez, and “fitted” (i.e. scrubbed, untraceable) goods and merchandise.

“White Collar” Crime is often prosecuted internally via corporate or district sanctions or limitations, rather than taking up time in the public courts. Common restoration arrangements include pay docking, forfeiture of equipment or services, availability of assignments or adjustments of workload.

AI in Crime
Just as the forces of law use artificial intelligence to augment their efforts, so do the most advanced criminals. Ordinary AIs are often used in a variety of ways that are technically illegal though not outside of their normal programming, such as message decryption, brute-force problem-solving, spreading disinformation, or assisting in setting up an alibi by performing regular actions on schedule. These are all common uses of AI in the performance of day-to-day crimes.

Beyond the use of “ordinary” bots and systems to circumvent the law (and other systems), AIs can be programmed by unscrupulous designers to perform illegal acts as well as legal ones, and furthermore, they can often be “taught” to perform these acts with superhuman speed or skill.

In terms of the legal system, the use of an AI in the assistance of any criminal act is a multiplier of the original charge, much like using a deadly weapon in the performance of any crime. Since no (known) AIs possess free will, they are considered tools - not individuals - for the purposes of the law.

Dynamic Crime Maps
A network of sensors and cameras located throughout the Ubi Zones aids the police in tracking down crimes that have occurred, and focuses their efforts on trouble spots as they arise. Along with reports from patrolling drones and Citizen Reporter input, this data helps keep police response time to a minimum in all UbiComp Zones, and aids to a lesser degree in the policing of the Sprawls.