Another Emergency Alert System bulletin. Just how often are they going to run these?
We know they’re using our invention to communicate in secret over the airwaves.
But I didn’t find anything in the other broadcasts.
We have to keep looking to make sure they’re not ripping us off.
Okay, let’s see if this one is carrying a hidden message using my invention. Launching the app... sampling the audio to see if there’s a hidden fundamental frequency embedded in the sound channel, and... there! Caught you! Now calculate the decryption key using that hidden fundamental frequency, scan the TV screen, and extract the message hidden in the video signal.
Ah ha! There it is! See? Those thieving bastards. It’s not like we were planning on charging them that much for a license to use it, but no, they had to steal it from us….
Wait a minute. This message is for me. What the...? How do they know my name...? “We want to help?” Who the hell is “we”? That’s it? Just a “we want to help?” Where’s the rest of the message?
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The Z Contingency
Science FictionThe zombie apocalypse is coming. A scientist at the CDC has that terrifying realization when infected victims start displaying the symptoms predicted by his model. A virus responsible for hemorrhagic fevers is mutating into something that zombifie...
