This kind of occlusion works only moderately well against the polystrate surveillance of the System, but that moderate dividend is potentially sufficient to make such use a minor criminal act. Unlike Kraken, which is to all intents and purposes a digital commando unit in a bottle, prone to hostage-taking and property damage, the Squid does not actually try to control anything. It’s more like a very rowdy and very antisocial street party than a strike team. It will not block anyone who is looking from seeing the direction of her inquiry, but it will diminish the chance of her setting off any narrowly defined alarms scripted around her in person or looking out for any directed scrutiny of her targets. The Inspector believes that any official query over a low-level bad act here will either readily be dispelled when she has built her case, or utterly negligible when set against the size of the boot that will fall on her if she fails to do so and is noticed trying. If she wants to hide herself more completely, she could theoretically download Kraken through the Squid, but it would be considerably more atomic if she were discovered—and very much more likely to be a problem later. The Squid is a compromise: probably less than half-permitted, barely better than one-quarter effective.