Margaret calls an urgent family meeting six months after Second Ledger's anniversary celebration, considerable concern evident despite her usual professional composure.
"I've identified something genuinely unprecedented," she announces, connecting remotely from her current international assignment, spreading digital documentation across our shared video call screen. "A new form of exploitation, entirely different from anything we've previously confronted."
"What kind of exploitation?" Elena asks, professional concern immediately engaging.
"Digital identity trading," Margaret explains. "Someone's developed sophisticated technology allowing complete theft and resale of people's entire digital presence, their online reputation, social connections, professional credentials, financial histor
