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Article does not describe the nature of SCP-1471-1, please fix this.
Reminds me of that one Stephen King story about the camera that shows a dog getting closer to you in every picture. Wouldn't mind if that was inspiration, but others might.
Downvoted until SCP-1471-1 is described, we'll see about whether it will remain after this is fixed.
E: Read through it after the fix, definitely enjoyed it as an homage.
if your reading this your gay
Not intended as an homage, but still pleased you enjoyed it anyway.
EDIT: Putting this here: Capone - by Fantem (a tale based on SCP-1471)
Given that the image is copyrighted, we're going to work on getting permission from the person in that costume. In the mean time this copyrighted image has been taken down.
After long consideration, I have decided that certain posts by the rightsholder are equivalent to, admittedly post-hoc, consent. The image has been restored.
SCP-1471's size is 9.8MB and is also able to avoid removal by other program manager applications.
Its size is able to avoid removal? :P
Might want to move that second part to a different sentence.
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That is an impressively creepy picture. Unsubtle, but creepy.
It's good that this doesn't actually harm people; if it did, I would probably have downvoted. The note is quite good, although it got me envisioning the thing in the picture parading around carrying ads. Which is a pretty funny mental image.
This line in the containment procedures:
Suspected devices are to be targeted using self-uploading malware in order to disable the device until it can be seized by field agents.
Makes absolutely zero sense. It would make far more sense for the Foundation to just ask the major app marketplace runners (Google, Apple, etc.) to block this app, rather than adopt a more reactive approach.
I see. I will attempt to clarify.
I was trying to convey that the Foundation does both. Monitoring and preventing sales while at the same time wirelessly "hacking" and disabling suspected devices that slip through the cracks.
The idea is very simple, almost to a fault, but the execution really works for me—partly because I find the increasing ease with which we are monitored through our phones unsettling, and partly because that picture is bloody terrifying. +1
I like this idea, but I'm sure I've seen this exact picture before.
I had the exact same thought. A quick reverse GIS brings up a few mediocre creepy-pastas, some archived 4chan threads, a butt-load of tumblrs, and (presumably) the original creator on DA. It does seem to be a fairly commonly used picture.
Yeah, you likely have. This picture was used in another, now deleted article involving a child-abducting demountable classroom where the dog-skull-thing acted as the teacher. I nearly offered to rewrite that one, largely because of how good the picture was.
I'm really glad it found it's way back onto the site, and this article is definitely creepy enough to do it justice.
Saw this in the drafting stages, and I still like it here.
My only problem with the article is that the infected devices are SCP-1471-# and the entity is SCP-1471-1.
Upboat regardless. Short and sweet.
God damn it. That thing is just..wrong. Upvoted, and like 106, I will do whatever it takes to remember this number and never click on it past nightfall.
I want to emphasize this, even though Anaxagoras mentioned it in passing: This SCP works in part because of what it does NOT do. It doesn't crazy people to death (unless you decide in your head that it does), and SCP-1471-A does not jump out at the end and [REDACTED] people. It relies on the creepy picture and the idea that you're going to be seeing this thing, and have it be part of your life.
I completely expected some obvious cliched thing to happen at the end, and happily upvoted when it didn't. Good lesson for new writers.
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Exactly. Heck, this thing could arguably be considered benevolent in a weird, alien way
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