Just the last 20 years of Shadowrun, mostly. Plus there's the quote that I cited earlier, which states that you can only get DNI via trodes, datajack, or implanted device. I realize that a datajack can be wireless, but it just seems completely counter to the whole system to suddenly be able to use a cyberdeck from 100m away to hack something another 100m from the deck. All DNI requires a sim module, which is covered here:
Sim Module: This commlink upgrade gives you the simsense experience, translating computer data into neural signals that allow you to directly experience simsense programs and augmented reality. A sim module must be accessed via a direct neural interface (trodes, datajack, or implanted commlink). Sim modules are a must-have for virtual reality of sorts, including VR clubs, VR games, simsense, and darker virtual pleasures. Sim modules can be modified for hot-sim, which opens up the full (and dangerous) range of VR experiences.
It sure seems like you're supposed to be damn close to the device to get DNI. This is the problem, in my opinion, with the term "wireless bonus." It implies all kinds of things that have never been true. Here's the text on a datajack:
Datajack: A datajack gives you a direct neural interface (p. 222), which can be handy in a lot of situations. It also comes with a retractable spool of micro-cable (about a meter long) that lets you directly interface
with any electronic device via a universal access cable. Datajacks are equipped with their own cache of storage memory for downloading or saving files. Two datajack users can string a fiberoptic cable between themselves
to conduct a private mental communication immune to radio interception or eavesdropping.
Wireless: The datajack gives you Rating 1 noise reduction.
Datajacks have never been able to be accessed wirelessly, not even in 4th edition. Why would that suddenly change now simply because of an omission of detail, or the poorly-phrased "wireless bonus?" I mean, a wireless bonus can be applied to items that should not have wireless bonuses, like chameleon suits. I'm pretty confident that "wireless bonus" isn't supposed to mean the device is actually wireless. I'm pretty confident that the bonus is meant to be applied when the device has access to the Matrix.
it means nearly every piece of gear and cyberware benefits dramatically from being “meshed” into your wireless personal area network and the Matrix as a whole.
When an item has additional functionality when connected to the Matrix, it’s described under the “Wireless” entry in the item’s description. This functionality only applies when the device has access to the Matrix, which is most of the time unless your gamemaster says otherwise, like if you’ve entered a wireless static zone.
And there's the text on wireless bonuses. I've highlighted the pertinent parts. And then there's the bit I've highlighted in orange, which just makes the whole previous section seem confusing. Think about what this implies if datajacks can be treated as devices on the Grids. Someone could hack a datajack directly, which gives access to all devices that are connected via that datajack, even if that datajack is currently in use. What about the Device Rating of that datajack? Why hack a vehicle that is being rigged, when you could hack the datajack and get access to the rigger's brain directly? Hell, since a datajack has no Sleaze rating, it's perfectly visible to everything on the Grid, right? Let's just pour some biofeedback damage right into someone's brain. It gets absurd pretty quickly.
