The Murderbot Diaries (Murderbot and ART hack security cameras)

Maro threw a look around and said, “We shouldn’t talk here, maybe. Is there someplace else we could go?” It had been stressful enough getting here, I didn’t want to have to go anywhere else right now. I did a quick scan for drones, then initiated a glitch in the connection between the restaurant and transit ring security. I caught the cameras and showed ART what I wanted it to do. It took over and edited me out of the system’s recording and cut the camera watching the table out of the system. I unglitched the connection to the ring’s main security, which wouldn’t notice the missing camera feed for the short time we would be here. I said, “It’s all right. We’re not being recorded.” They stared at me. Rami said, “But there’s security—Did you do something?” “I’m a security consultant,” I repeated.

Martha Wells, Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries, pg. 38, loc. 572-579. Kindle Edition