Editing Verse Technology (section)

= Cortex V.2 =
Created by a consortium of communications giants, but primarily Baidu Corporation, the new Cortex V.2 (a.k.a V2) is a more limited, and controlled version of the old Cortex. The new system appears to keep the same pre-''long quiet'' speeds within each system, but rely on Light Speed NarrowBand between specially modified communication hubs to the distant systems. So far, there is no connection to Blue Sun, however, there is a transmitter being built on Pericles Station that will allow highspeed uploads (though downloads will be still be at the slower speeds). <br>
The main difference between Cortex V.1 and V.2 is the appearance and user experience. Cortex V.2 is a very friendly interface, similar to old Earth-that-was services like Facebook. Touted as higher security than the old system, V2 makes use of bio-metric signatures (typically hand or eye scans) common in the Core and other urban environments. These also send local data based on temporal-spatial location and others, to ensure security. Some critics suggest that this creates unwarranted invasions of privacy. The system ''guarantees'' the authentic location by channeling data to that specific location only. Hackers claim to have already defeated this security measure, but this has not been verified.<br>