He tapped the button. The file was tiny, a mere 5MB, which should have been his first warning. Games with high-end graphics don't fit into such a small footprint.
When he opened the app, there was no splash screen, no menu, and no music. Just a single, grainy overhead view of a dark, rain-slicked highway and a prompt: Testing the limits, Elias typed in his own home address.
He looked back at his phone. A new message had replaced the game screen:
As he played, Elias noticed something unsettling. The map wasn't a generic asset; it was a perfect, real-time recreation of the streets outside his apartment. He watched as the pixelated car passed the 24-hour deli on the corner. Looking out his window, he saw a real black sedan streak past at a breakneck pace, its engine roar echoing the exact pitch of his phone's speakers.