Sanity Check: Cyborg and AI Uploads

[Arrow768]

So to sum it up:

The problem is, that it is way too easy to setup a hidden upload terminal anywhere on the station or the astroid.

A scientist can easily print out the required boards and place a upload anywhere they want.

The following has been proposed to resolve this issue and is worth looking into:

• Upload consoles need to be "activated" by two heads of staff before they can be used.
  
• Non-Standard and high risk modules need to be "authenticated" by two heads of staff before they can be used
  
• Bypassing the activation / authentication can be done with a emag
  
• DNA / Finger Print based auth
  
• Other abilities to subvert the AI if there is a reasonable amount of effort required to do so
  
• Being able to backtrace uplod console (Integrate it into the IT logging infrastructure maybe ?)

 

The following has been suggested, but is not feasible imho:

• Requiring the HoS or the Captain to auth a upload console
  
• Making the protection bypassable with a multitool (No, the multitool is not a hacking device capable of bypassing software restrictions; Its a hardware manipulation tool)
  
• Restricting the upload z-level (With the new map, all z-levels should be able to hold any console. With the current map its a bit different, but since we get a new map soon, its not worth looking into that)

[Surrealistik]

The ease with which a Command role can access and subvert in the upload core itself is also a problem, but yeah, the main issue is Sci being able to easily print upload consoles and freeforms, and upload anywhere without any authentication.