Arthur has a FTL communications system that he's got access to, by accident. It is cheap, small, low-powered. It does have one small problem. All the nodes in it are part of Alice's mind, and she has full access to any information transferred via it.
You might say, "Encrypt Everything"! But, don't you think it's a bit rude shoving the equivalent of white noise through someone's mind just so you have a convenient form of communication?
So, the "Wright Phone" would appear to only work on Earth, and not be FTL. Honest.
Otherwise, Arthur could see Alice becoming an object of study, possibly in a very unpleasant way. This is the reason for starting "Wright Now Communications" - who would believe you would sell a large, clumsy, awkward FTL communicator, when you've actually got something much, much, better?
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
You might say, "Encrypt Everything"! But, don't you think it's a bit rude shoving the equivalent of white noise through someone's mind just so you have a convenient form of communication?
So, the "Wright Phone" would appear to only work on Earth, and not be FTL. Honest.
Otherwise, Arthur could see Alice becoming an object of study, possibly in a very unpleasant way. This is the reason for starting "Wright Now Communications" - who would believe you would sell a large, clumsy, awkward FTL communicator, when you've actually got something much, much, better?
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind