Pokemon World Tech HCs
This section's main focus is on the Holo Caster, but other devices are touched on for a bit. If y'all want more, such as tech HCs per region or the top games/social media in the Pokemon World, let me know!
1. Commerical Holo caster models are snooped on, as is the canon. Flare Holo caster models are subject to even more surveillance - can't risk an information leak.
2. Flare Holo caster models look identical to commerical models. While the model number is the same on the outside (LLXXXX-YY*), on the inside of the case there's an additional model identifier with the true model number (LFLXXXX-YY*). They have the same capabilities as normal Holo casters, even though members are highly discouraged from mixing business and pleasure on the devices.
3. Flare models have a seeming duplicate of the system's built in messaging protocols, but with a slightly color tinted icon that's almost unnoticeable. These apps are actually versions with enhanced security that can only message/call/Holo call other Flare devices. These have stronger encryption than the weak standards the default apps use, but Flare's servers still have all the decryption keys locked away in the most secure part of their servers. The apps can be identified as Flare versions not only with the recolored logos, but the fact that (1) it takes a troubleshooting command line prompt to create shortcuts to them and (2) the flare logo is faintly visible in the background of the privacy policy, which is otherwise the regular privacy policy.
4. Flare models have a built in hardware based tracker, but its operations are encrypted with even higher security than the messaging - an algorithm made entirely in-house and not used outside Flare. Flare members can use a special sequence of button presses to send an SOS to HQ, or if the holo caster loses connection for more than 5 seconds, an automatic SOS will be sent out. ManualSOSes are taken more seriously than AutoSOSes, unless the device in question fails to regain connection after 15 minutes, in which its AutoSOS is upgraded to a HighAutoSOS and given the same priority as a ManualSOS.
5. Lysandre Labs's AppMarket for the Holo Caster is similar to the App Store or Google Play, and very selective about the messaging apps it includes. It refuses to accept encrypted messaging beyond a certain low level because "malicious actors might hide their crimes with it." Hypocrite much?
6. For that reason, Lysandre Labs can and will remotely brick devices that are jailbroken, unless they are Flare devices or registered to developers that are testing their apps.
7. After Flare and its surveillance programs are outed, not only do Lysandre Labs and the Holo Caster get abandoned by the general public, holograms in general get abandoned because they now are associated with Team Flare and their thwarted genocidal plans. As many naysayers predicted, holograms ended up being a fad after all, but for reasons worse than anyone could imagine. This leads devices like the Poketch and the PokeNav to compete for the market in Kalos as well as retake the market in their home regions. The fragmented market after the fall of Lysandre Labs is why the Universal Device Number system, very similar to cellphone numbers, was developed by Bill, previously known for developing the PC Box System. The UDNS allows compatibility between any participating devices (such as Pokenavs and Poketches) for calling, texting, video chat, and even gameplay. The Pokemon world's inuniverse equivalent to Pokemon Showdown uses the UDNS, for example.
* - about the Holo Caster model numbers: LL = Lysandre Labs. XXXX = model number. YY = year of manufacture, useful in the event of recalls. LFL = Lysandre Flare Labs.
