Watch Dogs, released by Ubisoft in 2014, made profiling a core mechanic, letting Aiden Pearce hack Chicago's ctOS network to pull up information about ordinary people walking past him. The profiler sound became closely tied to that power fantasy of seeing hidden data in a connected city. As gameplay clips and edits spread on YouTube and TikTok, creators began lifting the short audio to signal hacking, investigation or a dramatic reveal, and it remains a handy shorthand for tech-savvy surveillance in gaming and meme edits.