WATCH Catches Up: An ongoing plotline throughout this book is that WATCH - the Web Activity Threat Containment Headquarters (US Cybersecrecy, basically) - has caught on to Webmind's existence and specific members (most notably Tony Moretti, Shelton Halleck, and Colonel Peyton Hume) are convinced the emergent web entity has to be contained or destroyed, for humanity's safety. By this point, they've contacted the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in order to convince the Decters to explain how Webmind works, so that they can better shut it down. When Caitlin's approached during school, however, Webmind's able to point out (secretly, and directly to Caitlin through a Braille display added to her implant) that the agents are lying to her (about wanting to try to protect Webmind, no less!), and that she may be in danger. And then, so that the agents will let her leave, feeds her blackmail information about said agents! (Plurk Paste)

WATCH Catches Up: An ongoing plotline throughout this book is that WATCH - the Web Activity Threat Containment Headquarters (US Cybersecrecy, basically) - has caught on to Webmind's existence and specific members (most notably Tony Moretti, Shelton Halleck, and Colonel Peyton Hume) are convinced the emergent web entity has to be contained or destroyed, for humanity's safety. By this point, they've contacted the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in order to convince the Decters to explain how Webmind works, so that they can better shut it down. When Caitlin's approached during school, however, Webmind's able to point out (secretly, and directly to Caitlin through a Braille display added to her implant) that the agents are lying to her (about wanting to try to protect Webmind, no less!), and that she may be in danger. And then, so that the agents will let her leave, feeds her blackmail information about said agents!

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