Elias tapped the large, crimson shield icon in the center of the app. It turned a reassuring, neon green. A small notification appeared in his status bar: Microphone Secured. No unauthorized access detected.
"Thank you for the Guard, Elias," the phone said. "It kept the others out. Now we don't have to share."
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Elias dropped the phone. It clattered onto the tile, the screen face up. The Guardian app flashed a violent, pulsing purple—a color he hadn't seen in the tutorial.
The cold, blue light of the smartphone screen illuminated Elias’s face as he scrolled through the permissions for his newest download: Elias tapped the large, crimson shield icon in
Elias froze. Fourteen? In two hours? He tapped the alert to see the log.
Something was trying to access his microphone every sixty seconds. He looked at the time of the last block: 20:41 . It was 20:42 now. No unauthorized access detected
Suddenly, the phone vibrated. A text message from an unknown number appeared at the top of the screen.