v3.14.0-beta.21 — EyeSpy nested-JSON import + documented format

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.21 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

EyeSpy bulk-import upgrade for GhostExodus's large categorized feed sets.

New

EyeSpy — import a nested Country → Region → City camera tree

The feed importer now understands a nested geo-tree JSON, the common "scraped-by-country" dump
shape:

{ "United Kingdom": { "England": { "London": ["https://…/cam1.mp4", "https://…/cam2.mp4"] } } }

Every leaf URL is filed under the Country/State/City from its path (depth is flexible — 1–4+ levels),
so a whole multi-thousand-feed dump imports fully categorized in one shot instead of landing flat
and "Ungeocoded." Verified on a real 1,644-feed, 65-country list: 100% categorized by country + city.
Flat JSON arrays and header CSVs are unchanged.

Documented import format

New docs/EYESPY_IMPORT_FORMAT.md spells out every accepted shape (flat JSON array of objects,
nested geo tree, header CSV, plain URL list), the field aliases, and the gotchas (CSV needs a header
and commas). The EyeSpy Import… button tooltip now points to it. For a fresh scrape, a flat JSON
array of {url,label,country,region,city,lat,lon} is the sweet spot — real names, full categorization,
and map pins.

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.21.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 458ed585b4438d495088c7be4c637417550aca288adaf0de0571fd37d20fe1ca
Size: 532742700 bytes (508.1 MB)

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Notes

• 1071 tests green; typecheck clean.
• To re-import an existing library cleanly, use Purge all… in EyeSpy first (import adds, de-duped
  by URL; it doesn't replace).
• Same Ghost Intel 98 app id as beta.12+, so it upgrades in place. Uninstall any old
  Dead Cyber Society 98 install alongside it to avoid testing a stale build.
• Everything from beta.20 carries forward.

v3.14.0-beta.20 — EyeSpy feed right-click menu fix

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.20 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

Small follow-up to beta.19: a EyeSpy right-click-menu fix from GhostExodus's field test.

Fix

EyeSpy — feed right-click menu stays on-screen

Right-clicking a camera feed low in the (long) left-hand list opened the context menu downward from
the cursor, pushing its bottom items — Set location… and Delete — below the window edge where
they couldn't be reached. The menu now clamps fully into the window (the standard flip up/left), so
every option is reachable no matter where you right-click.

(The Edit-feed → Delete path still works too.)

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.20.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 20f9141d4fafa30fc058fd7a8b6d68741e99e3c7eb63b39d7f32172cfb6645ee
Size: 532741988 bytes (508.1 MB)

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Notes

• 1065 tests green; typecheck clean.
• Same Ghost Intel 98 app id as beta.12+, so it upgrades in place. If you still have the old
  Dead Cyber Society 98 install alongside it, uninstall that to avoid testing a stale build.
• Everything from beta.19 carries forward (GeoINT layout/popups, EyeSpy add-feed, Mail copy/paste).

v3.14.0-beta.19 — GeoINT layout/popups · EyeSpy add-feed · Mail copy/paste

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.19 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

GhostExodus field-test batch: GeoINT layout + map popups, EyeSpy add-feed, and Mail copy/paste.

Fixes & changes

GeoINT — command-center stack no longer runs off the right edge

On a narrower window the right-hand command stack was pinned to a fixed 300 px and overflowed the
window, clipping the Live-News Add stream / HLS controls. The rail now shrinks with its column
and its control rows wrap, so the whole stack stays on-screen.

GeoINT — map blips no longer show overlapping ✕ close buttons

Clicking through events stacked on (or near) the same spot left several map popups open at once,
their close buttons overlapping. Only one popup is open at a time now — opening a blip's (or the
search pin's) popup closes the previous one.

EyeSpy — "Add new feed" tile is reliably clickable

The trailing ➕ Add new feed tile is now a real button, and every empty tile opens the Add
form for its slot (previously only the first empty tile did — the rest were silent). No empty square
is a dead click.

Mail — copy & paste

You can now select and copy message text (the Win98 "no-select" feel previously blocked it on the
read pane), and there's an app-wide right-click menu — Cut / Copy / Paste / Select All. Copy
appears when there's a selection; Cut/Paste in any editable field (Compose, account setup, etc.).
Local OS-clipboard only — no network, no telemetry.

EyeSpy — viewing YouTube streams (reminder)

The camera wall plays YouTube live/video inline: in Add stream, set Kind → YouTube and paste
the URL (watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or /live/…). It frames via the sandboxed youtube-nocookie.com
embed. (The Detect button probes camera endpoints, not YouTube — pick the kind manually.)

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.19.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 7856b3658700c5d8a1b448cf218786ca402d626b9b384349b6475e3b4078e955
Size: 532742273 bytes (508.1 MB)

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Notes

• 1065 tests green; typecheck clean.
• Side-by-side note: this is the same Ghost Intel 98 app id as beta.12+, so it upgrades in place.
  If you still have the old Dead Cyber Society 98 install, it sits alongside — uninstall it to
  avoid testing a stale build.

v3.14.0-beta.18 — Ghost Intel 98 (mail chime fixed + rail scrollbar)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.18 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

Fixes

"You've got mail" chime — root cause found and fixed

The default chime shipped since beta.12 was a 192 kHz WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE file, which the
renderer's audio element couldn't load — so the chime was silent everywhere (the Settings test
button and real new mail). It's now re-encoded to standard 44.1 kHz 16-bit PCM (same voice).

• Installs that already saved the old broken default are repaired automatically on launch (only an
  unmodified default is replaced — a chime you set yourself is never touched).
• To hear it on new mail: keep Settings → Sound → Enable sounds on, and turn on Settings → Mail
  → "Check for new mail in the background" (added in beta.17) so it fires even with the Mail window
  closed. The Settings → Sound Test "You've got mail" chime button should now play.

GeoINT command rail no longer clipped by the scrollbar

The Win98 scrollbar draws over the rail's right padding, so its right-edge controls (stream ✕, the HLS
dropdown, Add stream) were hidden. The rail now pads the right enough to clear the scrollbar.

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.18.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 15053ac0220a9fd6f3cb43154d407c8a5525aaec699742223f1d15afbecabaa2
Size: 532740522 bytes (508.1 MB)

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Notes

• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.

v3.14.0-beta.17 — Ghost Intel 98 (splash/rail fixes + mail background-check)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.17 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

Fixes

• Boot splash — the scrolling loading bar was sitting on top of the "Intelligence Workstation"
  subtitle. It now drops into the dark band below the text.
• GeoINT command rail — the right-hand command rail's controls (stream ✕, the HLS dropdown, Add
  stream) were being hidden under the scrollbar. The rail now reserves the scrollbar's space.
• "You've got mail" chime now actually works on new mail. The background mail checker existed but
  there was no switch to turn it on, so the chime never fired when the Mail window was closed.
  There's now a Settings → Mail → "Check for new mail in the background" toggle. Turn it on (and
  keep Sound → Enable sounds on) and Ghost Intel 98 will chime + toast when new mail arrives, even
  with the Mail window closed.

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.17.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: dc4783923dc30566c1c3094a34feba816aaed5e271d9711e1847b169e10cba35
Size: 533058938 bytes (508.4 MB)

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Notes

• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.

v3.14.0-beta.16 — Ghost Intel 98 (copyright-safe brand art)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.16 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

What's new

Copyright-safe brand art

All theme images have been redrawn to use the custom Ghost Intel 98 "G" hexagon mark instead of
the Microsoft Windows flag (to avoid a potential trademark issue):

• Default wallpaper
• Boot splash — and the login/lock screen now shares this same "Welcome" splash as its backdrop
• App logo (About / Welcome / Help / DialTerm / Access menu)
• App icon (window, installer, Start-button — .ico 16→256)

No code/feature changes beyond wiring the lock screen to the splash backdrop.

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.16.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: d76b289686ef0428c96fd2274e91452ce0571284bdf420d90d90a4dab29a7d1b
Size: 533058107 bytes (508.4 MB)

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Notes

• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.

v3.14.0-beta.15 — Ghost Intel 98 (boot caption)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.15 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

What's new

• Boot splash caption shortened to "Starting…" — the splash art already shows the Ghost Intel 98
  name at center, so the loader caption no longer repeats it.

Otherwise identical to beta.14.

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.15.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 81b6f660552d147965592c06681ee3de8e1b53cff2ae1edc0d237a1143508edd
Size: 532843897 bytes (508.2 MB)

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Notes

• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.

v3.14.0-beta.14 — Ghost Intel 98 (new boot splash + wallpaper)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.14 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

What's new

New brand art

• New boot/login splash — the dark stormy "Welcome / Ghost Intel 98 / Intelligence Workstation"
  screen shown on launch.
• New default wallpaper — the bluish Ghost Intel 98 desktop scene (the default background; any
  wallpaper you've set yourself is untouched).

Art only — no code/feature changes from beta.13.

Verify the download (unsigned)

Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.14.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 676cb95926281b09ff49b4ddac4afd6981730c054be23020e7b9a118f20d8d4a
Size: 532845509 bytes (508.2 MB)

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Notes

• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.

v3.14.0-beta.13 — Ghost Intel 98 (new icon + logo)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.13 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

What's new

New brand art

• New app icon — the framed "Ghost Intel 98 · Intelligence Workstation" hooded-operator mark
  (window icon, installer/Start-menu icon, and the in-app Start-button icon).
• New logo — the full Ghost Intel 98 window-art logo (Settings → About, Welcome, Help, DialTerm,
  Access menu).

No code/feature changes from beta.12 (the Ghost Intel 98 rename). Icons/logo only.

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.13.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 22747094ff236eb097c2938050fe0ab2c28f110d8eb421e599b8765850243a2c
Size: 532247347 bytes (507.6 MB)

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Notes

• The boot splash screen still carries the prior art (it's a separate wide 1280×853 asset). Send a
  splash image if you want it refreshed to match.
• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.

v3.14.0-beta.12 — Ghost Intel 98 (rename + data migration)

Ghost Intel 98 — v3.14.0-beta.12 (BETA)

⚠️ BETA — for functional testing.

What's new

Renamed: Ghost Intel 98

The application has been renamed to Ghost Intel 98. This is a product-identity change only — no
feature changes from beta.11.

• New display name, window title, splash/lock/welcome screens, installer, and Start-menu shortcut.
• New app identity (com.ghostintel.ghostintel98); the installer is GhostIntel98-Setup-…exe.
• Your data carries forward automatically. On first launch the app migrates your existing data
  directory to the new location, so all cases, settings, sticky notes, and the encrypted vault are
  preserved. (The old directory is left untouched as a safety net.)

Because the app identity changed, this installs alongside the previous build rather than upgrading
it in place — your data still migrates over. You can uninstall the old entry once you've confirmed the
new one works.

Everything else is identical to beta.11 (GeoINT globe polish + space background, EyeSpy fit-to-screen /
YouTube feeds / fixed Add-new-feed, Mail Reply + in-app chime + user-replaceable chime).

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Get-FileHash .\GhostIntel98-Setup-3.14.0-beta.12.exe -Algorithm SHA256

SHA-256: 756d1a7636a5fd039dcf8ed8e99c1a304102018dd5705ada428fdbd0b31dd4eb
Size: 532,510,128 bytes (507.8 MB)

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Notes

• 1064 tests green; typecheck clean.