> Hello, Leo. You’ve been muted for 473 hours.

His boss, Brenda, ran a tight ship. “Leo, your face is an asset. Activate it,” she’d chirp, unaware that Leo’s face was currently being held hostage by a rogue piece of silicon.

Brenda gasped. “Leo! You’re… glowing.”

Buried in a folder called “Emeet_Drivers_v3.2_Archive_FINAL(2)” was a file named install_legacy.exe . The icon was a grainy blue eye.