Off Grid's Alternate timeline
Date | Event | Description and Consequences | Found where in the game world? | IRL Reference |
1960 | ECHELON | First program of collaborative transnational signal intelligence | ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON |
2012 | Proliferation of IoT and Vulnerabilities | Desc | location | ref |
2012 Jan | DRIP (Data retention and IP Bill) | forcing ISPs to hold customer data and internet usage for 12 months, _passed without a vote_ | Referenced in the Courthouse, | ref |
2013 | Digital Economies Bill | Wide ranging bill, part of which, outlawed encryption that couldnt be cracked withing a certaintimeframe by the government | courthouse | ref |
2014 | Oxford Synthetica | ... | ... | ref |
2015 | Stonesight technologies is contracted to create the Cyber threat list predictive policing program | ... | ... | ref |