Brainspace
I'm still deciding on the title:
BRAIN SPACE
MIND DRIVE
BRAIN FRAME (mainframe)
in the future all people are implanted with a microchip as soon as they are born
the chip allows the ? to store data in the "free space" of a person's brain via wireless connectivity
the information is always stored in at least two "locations" for protection in the event of sudden death
the stored information is kept separate from, and unaccessible by, the persons active mind
normally people never know what information is being stored in their head
.....but
-EITHER-
eventually underground hacker scientists develop a drug that temporarily allows the person to access the information
eventually underground hacker scientists develop a machine which allows that person or other people to access the information
-OR-
occasionally random people will suddenly just naturally begin to gain access either temporarily or permanently possibly as a result of evolution
-OR-
???????
In most people's head, there's just:
medical records
school records
public records
business records
scientific data
every type of archive you can imagine
...........basically, everything
The prizes are the "special ones" who actually have some pretty interesting stuff in there, which can be extremely valuable for various reasons.
Who knows, your six year old daughter could have super top secret military files stored in her brain and you don't even know it,
until you realize powerful foreign governments are trying to get to her because somehow they found out that she has valuable information,
and they have developed a way to access it...
There are so many ways a plot like this could be written...