The People Are Your Bank
Just like in the original Watch Dogs, you can hack civilians and enemies for money in Watch Dogs 2. Unfortunately, not every single person is able to be siphoned for cash, only those with a dollar sign as one of their hacking options when holding down L1 or LB. Also, even when they do have cash, it’s rarely more than $70 (not much when you’re trying to reach millions). On top of that, you are unable to hack ATMs in Watch Dogs 2, something that made collecting tons of cash a breeze in the first game.
However, one of the first skills you can unlock under the Social Engineering Skills tree is Improved Profiler. This is a passive upgrade that will randomly highlight NPCs out in the world with a small blue box. That box means you can get a much larger amount of money from that person. It ranges from $400 to $1,000 from what we’ve seen, which can see you quickly fattening up your wallet. The fact that they pop up quite frequently helps out a ton, so make sure to make this upgrade one of your first.
