[Senko]

It does seem odd there's nothing about variant/nodding decks. The next question is how to set them up, I'd probably have the sekretar as a watch form factor and my official commlink with the transys in some disguised format Image link glasses for the mage maybe or at higher levels (post initiation) replaced with an implanted fairlight but how to disguise the himitsu.. .

[SichoPhiend]

Considering Riggers are screw over hardcore in this edition and can get hacked pretty easily with no recourse cause the RCC doesnt even have sleaze to hide your icon/person from being hacked

At least with data trails you can now put an add matrix attribute mod (combined with an increase attribute mod if you're willing to have the permanent matrix damage.)  By my interpretation this means that you could then run sleaze increasing software on the deck to further increase the sleaze rating.

[Rooks]

Considering Riggers are screw over hardcore in this edition and can get hacked pretty easily with no recourse cause the RCC doesnt even have sleaze to hide your icon/person from being hacked

At least with data trails you can now put an add matrix attribute mod (combined with an increase attribute mod if you're willing to have the permanent matrix damage.)  By my interpretation this means that you could then run sleaze increasing software on the deck to further increase the sleaze rating.

Except page 66 says "Unless otherwise noted, a device can only have one modification." I understand your interpreting it another way I personally think you can increase a already existing stat as many times as you want cause the trade off is matrix condition boxes that cannot be repaired but until we have an errata its up to the GMs translation of the rules

[Senko]

No increaes functions differently from other modules, see these sections on page 66.

Add a Matrix Attribute: You can add a rating that a device doesn’t have, specifically Attack or Sleaze. When you perform this mod, the rating starts at 1. You can’t add a Matrix attribute to a device that already has that attribute. Remember that all devices have Data Processing and Firewall, even if that information is not listed in their gear entry. The Increase a Matrix Attribute modification can later be added to this modification. The number of parts packs needed for this modification equals the (Device Rating x 2) of the object being modified.

So unlike the usual limits you can add an attribute and then increase it as for increase attribute its hard to say whether its stackable or one off. Personally I read it as having a limit of one point but this comes back to my current opinion a lot of these new options are actually fairly useless in practice.

[Rooks]

Ah right you are finally a headway and a way for street level campaigns to still hack