Non-Hostile Intrusion

A professor working on neural link technology has a security hole in their tests on themself exploited.
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Modified: 2019-10-27T21:46:40Z
Content Warnings: parental abuse, self-hatred, transphobia, sexism

Well what do we have here, Professor? It seems you left your neural link experiment rather insecure. A public web control mechanism with no authentication - tsk tsk tsk. I would expect that out of an Internet of Things company cutting corners, not my university colleague.


Why yes, Professor, you did leave your neural debug print route open and that's how you're hearing me. It's a great idea, really, being able to hear your debug prints directly in your head, but it is an extremely exploitable feature for any intruder.


Oh no, don't fuss, you don't need to get up and try and lock me out. I'm not going to hurt you. But if you insist on trying, I have another trick that I learned from the documentation you also made available directly from the webserver.


Yes, you left in that feature to prevent your input while commands are being executed. I would have loved to see the footage of you needing to implement that to try and move your arm programmatically. Must have been a real rough first attempt at programmable control.


Calm down, you're at no risk of anything lethal. You never tinkered enough to figure out how to override the heart signals, and it's a good thing you didn't too. It would have been a real shame if your muscular input freeze also stopped your heart.


No, professor, what I'm planning on doing is rather simple. Your sexism has been a real pain in the university, especially where you gave extra work to women students purely to make them drop out. Real responsible use of your power that was.


What do you mean "How did I find out about that?" It's been an open secret for years, how because of your and your friends' will, this university forces women out of the biosciences. It never was a well kept secret. It's no matter now, I'm planning on adjusting that.


Oh, you want to know "how?" Well, as far as I can tell, you haven't written in ability to overwrite the psyche yet, so it's not that simple. I can still, however, look around at your innards and find out why you are so biased this way.


What do I expect to find? Well, I'm not sure, really. There's a million reasons men like you absorb the patriarchy to such a full extent. Maybe it's mommy issues, maybe it's rejection when you were younger, maybe you just absorbed the stereotypes from your surroundings.

Let's see… formative memories… nothing too significant about your mother. Seems she treated you well as a kid, shame her work created such a sexist person.

Past relationships? No, you seem to have had a few throughout your life, and they all broke off relatively amicably.

Wait… is that some jealousy I see in your emotions for those women? Doesn't seem to be directed at their relationship to you, so it probably isn't any sort of narcissism, so what could it be from? It's directed at… their appearance? Intriguing.


Your fervent denial of this makes me rather more suspicious, Professor. Let's take a dig into some of the things you've suppressed. Oh? Your body model drivers don't seem to match your physical appearance… fascinating! So the jealousy was for… Ah! That makes perfect sense!


The slurs you're throwing around in your mind unprompted further prove my theory. Lady doth protest, et cetera et cetera. However, in my experience, one doesn't get that far in denial without some external factor… Ah… your dad was a preacher. That explains it alright.


Let's just bring some of those memories to the forefront in your mind… and… there.

I know this is painful for you, but you have to introspect on this. It's important for your self discovery.

Do you see what I mean now? It's a shame this self-hatred manifested like it did.


What do you mean "there's nothing I can do now?" There's a lot you can do now! While your part of the biotech college was working on neural link tech and discrimination, my colleagues and I were working on something a bit more physical. We've developed a transformative goo, perfect for cosmetic and medically necessary adjustments. It's really quite fascinating a process, and is entirely configurable. I don't believe that we've tested it on a transgender patient before, but if you're willing, we could try.


Wonderful! I can send a colleague over to interview tomorrow for you. We're able to get all the legal issues worked out for you if you need. I'm glad we have come to a state of affairs that will make both of us happier. I hope this has been a learning experience for you.


No need to apologize to me! If you're feeling so inclined, you could try and apologize to those young women you drove from the program, perhaps try and redirect policy into a more positive place. I hope this has also taught you the need for good security.


I'll unlock your muscular motion now, Professor. I apologize for my intrusion into your skull, but it was the only way to get to you in an effective way. Have a good rest of your night, Professor, my colleague will see you in the morning.