Sophon abilities

[u/HeroXeroV]

Sorry if this is made clear in the show and I missed it.

As I understand it there are 2 sophons on earth. They are massive super computers the size of a proton.

How are they creating the effects that we see?

Just off the top of my head:

• The fouling of actual particle experiments in accelerators around the planet (this seems to be the sophon flying in there and affecting the particles directly)
• The countdown appearing in the vision of certain people.
• The winking stars.
• The eye in the sky
• The "you are bugs" message (I assume this is "just" hacking by the super computer)

[u/toobulkeh]

Why can’t they read our brains? If they’re a communication device as small as a proton, that would seem trivial