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Watch Dogs Guide: Privacy Invasions Tips

Here's your Watch Dogs guide to the Privacy Invasions.
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In the world of Watch Dogs some of the collectibles are known as the Privacy Invasions. This is where you must intrude into a stranger’s home network through their unsecured router. While this won’t give you the ability to hack someone’s router in real life, you will be able to grab some in-game cash and earn some XP. 

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Hacking for the Privacy Invasions require no more than open access to a nearby ctOS switch or direct access to a router. Pretty simple. Aiden already has the skills needed. Once ctOS Towers are unlocked, these locations which be highlighted on your map. You can start them once Act I/3: Backstage Pass has been completed.

There are no Privacy Invasions in Pawnee so don’t bother looking. There are a total of 30 to be found within the other city districts.

Parker Square City District:
  • 1: Near the Church – Neighborhood Homes
  • 2: Behind Thyla Pharmaceuticals (North of May Stadium)
  • 3: Liquor Store Parking Lot (South of Phoebus Theater)
  • 4: Behind “Pilipina Classic” (by a Digital Trip vendor)
  • 5: Vacant Store ( by Cash Run & Shipping Crate Garage)
The Wards City District:
  • 6: Apartment Complex (Southwest of Malinski Station)
  • 7: Old Brownstone – Southwest Wards (near ruined Strip Mall)
  • 8: Housing Complex – Four Y-Shaped Apartment Blocks
  • 9: Apartment Complex – Central Wards (near ctOS Center)
  • 10: Decaying Apartment Complex (East of Rossi-Fremont)
The Brandon Docks City District:
  • 11: Umeni Technologies Branch Office
  • 12: Metal Warehouse (near Parkfield Train Station)

Mad Mile City District:

  • 13: Franklin Street – West Mad Mile (Northwest of Ryborn Station)
  • 14: Behind Gas Station Billboard (West of Circle Fountain)
  • 15: “Rendezvous” Store (above South Traffic Entrance)
  • 16: Bank Building Corner (South of Deavers Station)
  • 17: John Hancock Center – North Mad Mile
  • 18: Foyer By Chicago World News Tower – South Mad Mile
  • 19: Cafe Plaza & Car Dealership – Northeast Mad Mile
  • 20: Office Gardens (Skyscraper West of ctOS Center)
The Loop City District:
  • 21: The Island – Northern Tip
  • 22: The Island – Hotel & Spa (East Riverside)
  • 23: Connelly Square & Willis Tower (near Cash Run)
  • 24: City Hall (Northwest Loop near L-Train Junction)
  • 25: Shipping Dock Alley (South of Ambrose Theater)
  • 26: Alleyway behind Mama Reyn Restaurant (near Quincy Station)
  • 27: Behind Pawn Shop – Central Loop
  • 28: Platform Office (South Loop near Palin Correctional Facility)
  • 29: South of Bloody Maxwell Police Station – South Loop
  • 30: Art Gallery – Eastern Loop (in Millennium Park)

Upon successful completion, you will gain 200+ XP per mission and your cash will vary ($700-$5,500). Your rewards for completing Privacy Invasions will also give you unlocks such as:

  • Complete 1 Privacy Invasion: Vespid 5.2 (Vehicle)
  • Complete 5 Privacy Invasions: Sunrim (Vehicle)
  • Complete ALL 30 Privacy Invasions: Peephole (Achievement)

Don’t forget to turn to the Watch Dogs Guide Directory for tips, reviews and help!


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Venisia is a public relations professional, video game industry contractor, published author, freelance entertainment journalist, copy editor, a co-organizer of the Latinx Games Festival, and a member of the Latinx in Gaming and the Puerto Rico Game Developers (PRGD) community. Her passion is video games. She loves the adrenaline rush from a multiplayer match and understands the frustrations of a brand-new raid. Venisia finds immense value in gaming especially in the realm of mental health.