The Ending.
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The Ending.
Did you find the ending to have served the same morbid justice?
What are your thoughts on the ending?
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Given how much of a cliffhanger the ending was though, I'm hopeful that there will be a sequel!
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My only real qualm with the ending was that it seemed a little too convenient that Kalin was able to hack into the security system. Yes, he is very bright and took some IT class a while back, but a facility that top secret and advanced I wouldn't expect to be easy to crack.
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Okay, I hereby add an exception to my hands-off policy stating that I'm allowed to be hands-on for the sake of clearing up misunderstandingsOdette Chace wrote: ↑11 Apr 2020, 15:15My only real qualm with the ending was that it seemed a little too convenient that Kalin was able to hack into the security system. Yes, he is very bright and took some IT class a while back, but a facility that top secret and advanced I wouldn't expect to be easy to crack.
Although Kalin thinks of it as hacking in the sense of gaining illegal entry, he doesn't hack the system in the true sense of the word. While he's arguably talented enough - particularly as regards IT - to do so if given enough time and privacy ("the IT classes hadn't taught him anything about programming he didn't already know, and he'd gotten in trouble for removing the restrictions on the school's internet") you're absolutely right that it would take even him a very long time to pull off, and he'd most likely end up being caught long before he really got anywhere.
Instead, he gets access to the mainframe - including the security systems - by stealing Chatton's login credentials in Chapter 12
(Stepping forward until the dark background of the screen didn't reflect his (Kalin's) face, taking care to keep his back to the security camera in the room, he flicked his eyes down, watching not the screen but the scientist's fingers on the keyboard, watching the word they spelled out.
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Crossing over to the computer, he tapped in Chatton's name and password, then started to explore. The man had administrator privileges.[...]He accessed the database and set up a completely new account. Name Taylork, password Renfield.)
Since Chatton, as one of the senior people on the facility, has administrator privileges, Kalin's able to use his account to create another one for himself with those same privileges, essentially allowing him to dig into the mainframe undetected. In a lab that employs a few thousand people, one more new person starting there wouldn't raise any red flags in the system. Chatton himself would have no reason to check his own activity - he knows what he's been doing - and anyone who does spot Kalin would likely assume that, since the account was created by someone as senior as Chatton, it must be legit. The fact that Kalin set up his own account also means there's no chance he can get locked out again in the event of Chatton changing his password or quitting his job.
We also know that working the system, becoming familiar with it and reprogramming it like Kalin does isn't something he pulls off overnight (Over the weeks and months that followed[...]Some four months after first gaining access to the mainframe etc.) This means that by the time Dennison actually catches him in the act at the end of the book, Kalin's been working on the system for a long time, getting all his ducks in a row. He only has to change the execution of his plan from, "when Tau and I are ready and it's a good opportunity," to "sometime in the next five minutes."
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I thought there was justice, but after reading your comment I may change my mind. What would be justice in this situation?raindropreader wrote: ↑14 Apr 2020, 17:04 I personally don’t think that there was much sense of justice at all. You can’t equate a broken neck or a slit throat, which is moments of pain before the escape of death to end that pain, to having your humanity and your very being stripped away from you in such a cruel way
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