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{{GameIcon|2020}}
{{Infobox_software
|class = Detection/Alarm
|image = Cry Baby Program.jpeg
|strength = 4
|mu = 4
|prize = 430 [[Eurodollar|eb]]
|icon = None until activated, whereupon it as a baby, hanging around the Netrunner's neck screaming.
}}
'''Cry Baby''' is a defensive program. It is placed in a memory, where it pretends to be a datafile with some superficially attractive data. [[SeeYa]] or [[Smarteye]] will reveal it, as will any attempt to actually read, rather than just skim, the file. If it is copied into a different system (i.e., a [[cyberdeck]]), it immediately starts sending out distress signals, adding 4 to the strength of any program trying to trace the runner. It cannot be dumped from the deck without an INT+[[Interface]] vs. CPU INT+D10 roll.

Cry Baby seems to have originated in [[Euro Business Machines|EBM]]'s corporate 'running facility. However, since it is supposed to be copied, it has spread very widely, and EBM denies all knowledge.

== Source ==
* [[Chromebook Volume 3]], pg. 76
[[Category:Cyberpunk 2020 Programs]]