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Ch. 12 - Source Escrow

Chapter 12

Source Escrow

Gabriel located the source-code escrow required by a government mobility contract. Access needed signatures from Northstar and the patient authority.

Lena supplied the second and demanded control of any user data they found.

The escrow diff proved a hidden firmware branch. It also showed Naomi's old accelerated-test code had been reused.

Voss would argue she created the defect.

Priya found the later commit that weaponized it. The author field named Adrian, but the signing certificate belonged to Simone.