technology

Well, isn't this special.... Click on over to read the entire article and links to the presentation the above quote has been snipped from (a 1-hour tech talk which has been posted on Youtube). Link: "Your phone isn’t really spying on your conversations—the truth might be even creepier" ---...

Why I won't have a car and connect it to my phone (at a minimum). Why, when I buy my next auto, I want any connectivity function turned off. Call me a Luddite. In this case you wouldn't be wrong. Link: "Hacker Claims Ability to Remotely Shut Off Car Engines While Vehicles Are in Motion" ---...

This is funny: The company's reaction is sad: Emphasis mine. Link: "Hacked Lime Scooters Ask Riders 'If You're Going to Ride my A**, Then Please Pull My Hair'" This, apparently, is where we are as a global society; where "changing a ringtone" is akin to poking fun in a hurtful way at some...

So a few years back I was shopping for a car and I asked the very knowledgeable dealership folks what their parent auto company's policy was with regard to collection of personal data in the module that sits underneath the driver's seat (known by various and sundry names). They looked confused...