Chapter 15

I thought that the way M1k3y held the press conference was really neat. It was such a great idea to use an online game that allows for conversation and interaction. The concept of jamming includes switching up people’s FasTrak and BartPass numbers along with ATM numbers and any other passwords in order to get the cops to see erratic or unexplainable movements around the city. In chapter 9, Marcus’ dad got caught up in this and the cop insisted that he had been over the San Mateo bridge 3 times that day when he really hadn’t been. The jamming messed up everything in the city and it took people hours to get home from work. Some people were pulled over and questioned by the cops many times in their short commute. Marcus pretty much proves a point to the DHS that this type of surveillance does not bring terrorists to the surface and he begins to beat them at their own game.

Marcus takes a leave from jamming in this chapter. He says to fellow Xnetters that it’s because he is smart enough to know that he’s better free than in prison. He also begins to think about how if one jammer gets caught, everyone else can get caught because of the chain of friends. He wants to have a good idea that is going to work the next time he starts to jam and doesn’t want to get caught because he wants to prove the DHS isn’t fighting terrorism because he and the Xnetters aren’t getting caught.