How do you deal with the panopticon in sci-fi RPG ? (sh.itjust.works)

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In High technology setting, the hacking skill is incredibly powerful, and a shortcut in many investigation scenarios. By hacking the CCTV camera, I could see that Joe did it, by checkin [insert social media] I know were the evil gad guys live.

Either you go old shadowrun-style with a whole mini game where decker can be killed by AI but it's pretty heavy and weird, or you end-up with 3 success on my roll and give a lot of info for just one roll.

What are your trick/house-rules to prevent that ? And how would you actually protect from panopticon. Especially looking how stupid people are in today's real world

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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

And how would you actually protect from panopticon.

That's a big part of games like Shadowrun and Cyberpunk. Players can do a thing, but they'll need to make sure they don't leave evidence pointing to themselves, be that ballistics analysis, on cameras, or trace DNA.

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