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[recollecters]

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Comments

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Even on the net, isn't true anonymity an illusion, though?
Hitori Togusa The right algorithm, with enough original data on patterns of people's behavior, and you'd be able to tell who someone is, even if their name and location aren't being displayed.
Hitori Togusa The little piece of behavior that makes you you would still come through.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake Depends on how smart they are really. Smart enough to get rid of their digital footprint? Anonymity can be dangerous. But maybe I just don't want people to bother me.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa From a tech standpoint, sure you could. But can you remove your identity from your behavior internally?
Hitori Togusa But I can respect wanting to not be bothered by certain people.
Hitori Togusa Bad enough I have to watch my coworkers bicker at work, now my phone dings every time they want to be petty to each other.
Hitori Togusa Which is a lot.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake If you're good enough.

[Or, uh... sinister enough? (sweats)]

Tim Drake Unfortunately, with the app bloatware on the phone, you'll still get notifications. Just, you could tell them to go jump off the nearest bridge without them knowing it's you.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa See, that's a fascinating idea. You don't just need the tech, but you need to be really motivated to hide the little tells that reveal your own personal behavior.
Hitori Togusa For example, anonymous or not, I'd still not tell Detective Gabranth to jump off a bridge. He might survive.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake Worse, survive and find out you did it.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa There's not a more competent guy on the force. Definitely my pick for 'if you have to walk down a dark alley and take only one person with you.' But the man really needs to learn to lighten up.

[rednerd]

[Hm. Tim will remember that.]

Tim Drake You know this is public, right? He's probably going to read this if he's as smart as you say.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa HEY DETECTIVE GABRANTH, YOU NEED TO LIGHTEN UP.

Hitori Togusa Maybe I'm wrong, maybe he's just really good about keeping his personal life hidden from everybody he works with to the point that a lot of us don't think he has one.
Hitori Togusa Dedication is admirable, but there does get to be this inflection point where you put in too many hours, and people start to worry.

[rednerd]

[If Tim wasn't stuck in a memory-loss AU game, he would have the satisfaction of saying, "That sounds hilariously familiar to someone he knows."]

Tim Drake Have you tried taking him out for a drink after work? Maybe he's just lonely.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa He is my superior officer, though. Sure I can get away with venting about him to a degree, but socializing is a different matter. Or at least it feels like it is.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake Won't know until you try.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa You know. Whether it's my place to or not? I'm going to give it a try.
Hitori Togusa At least maybe to understand why he's got such a reputation with everybody else.

[rednerd]

[Perfect. Now give him the deets, Togusa.]

Tim Drake I'm a computer science major, not a psychology one, but chances are no one gives him a try because he scares them. You know, like the whole beautiful girl in high school. Every guy thinks she's out of their league. Turns out, since they all think that, no one tries to get to know her, so she's always dateless.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Hey, Izunia's the one who supposedly has the crush, not me.
Hitori Togusa Those two. They actually mix like oil and water, complete opposites of each other, but they keep antagonizing each other to the point that it's too easy for some people to make jokes.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake Wait, Officer Izunia? The one who threatens me with parking tickets when all I take is public transit?

[HA HA. HE HAS MORE DIRT ON IZUNIA. Fuck yeah.]

Tim Drake Nice.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Officer Izunia, not Professor Izunia, yes.
Hitori Togusa If Fynn doesn't want those jokes to get made, I told him he really needs to stop using quite so much graphic imagery about what he wants to do to the guy.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake Lmao. Who knew the city's precinct was that close. Let me know when the YMCA video drops.

[standalonehuman]

[Forgive Togusa the long time between replies, Tim. He was busy choking laughing on his coffee and then cleaning up the resulting mess.]

Hitori Togusa The thing is that these two would be really damn great if we could get them focused on a common enemy!
Hitori Togusa If this app makes them switch their yelling matches to a digital format, though, instead of in real life, that might be another point in Retrospec's favor.

[rednerd]

[Sorry, not sorry, Togusa.]

Tim Drake Sounds like you've got a new case. Maybe you should be commissioner? If you can get them to work together toward a common goal, they might promote you.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa The added peace and quiet in the Department would be its own reward.

Hitori Togusa I guess I'm glad that we're providing such amusement to other people, too.

[rednerd]

Tim Drake They should just be careful what they put on the Internet. Or, well, this app. Found out the funniest thing: it has an offline mode.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa As in, you can still access it while your device isn't connected to the net?
Hitori Togusa Does it limit you to only lurking, or can you still read and post?

[Pause]

Hitori Togusa Or is that exactly what you're testing right now?

[rednerd]

i did a thingy for the overflow b/c captcha...