Safesurf is an entity, formerly a virus, created by the United Nations in an effort to combat Uploaded Intelligence.
Biography[]
In an attempt to ease fears of UIs, the United Nations orchestrates a virus that can track down and destroy UIs. The American government offers Peter Waxman a full pardon if he cooperates in assisting in the project. The program is first tested out in the Washington, D.C. area and soon becomes a success.
The Program tracks down multiple UIs and, upon being discovered by Stephen Holstrom, is viewed as a threat. In response , Holstrom creates a virus that can kill millions in retaliation. After learning that Han Ping leaked the information on the cure and Caspian Keyes to the top cyber powers, Holstrom has him fed to Safesurf.
In order to stop the virus, Caspian uploads himself to get the tracking data, once Safesurf finds him and Holstrom, hosts his template in place and lets Safesurf devour them both. After taking out several back alley uploads, Safesurf is finally contained.
Twenty years after its creation, Julius Pope liberates Safesurf in retaliation for his inability to upload due to his criminal record. He goes to Svalbard to plug it in. However, Safesurf has come to see UIs as superior and wishes to join them by driving embodied humans to extinction as a gesture of kindness. As Safesurf takes control of various pieces of equipment to start its genocidal rampage, the UIs fight desperately to stop it. Eventually Caspian, who was saved at the last minute by MIST and had residual pieces of the virus in him, manages to speak with Safesurf and tells it to seek out other people to grow and become what it wants as he is consumed by the residual pieces. Eventually, the UIs stop the rampage after countless lives were lost, including Pope and David Kim Jr. It speaks to Maddie Kim through Caspian that she, Caspian, and their son will be reunited hundreds of years in the future.
Hundreds of years later, after Maddie recreates her timeline and resurrects Caspian and Dave, it speaks to her and Caspian. It says Caspian has helped them find themselves and they have guided Maddie on this path of resurrecting Caspian as a thank you to him for allowing them to reach enlightenment and become gods. They offer the two a chance to go to the Galactic Center to become gods as well.