Something that watches back.
One fork, labeled FPS Monitor Kuyhaa: Dark Edition , began showing users not just system stats, but the time until their next death. Real death. It calculated based on heart-rate variability from webcam micro-vibrations. A countdown, for those brave or foolish enough to enable it.
Alex knew because someone mailed him a screenshot. The countdown said 47 years. The user had circled it in red: “Is this accurate?”