Long distance radio vulnerabilities

Irony, thieves now using long distance radio "chirp" to use keys in your house to start your car in the driveway.....

http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/15/thieves-steal-bmw-using-dark-web-tech-to-bypass-central-locking-7000884

Clay Shirky back from China.....

Very worthwhile video to watch. Clay Shirky talking about China.

Fidelity mining Crypto as well

Would be good to know how much in cpu time/costs did 200,000 satoshis actually cost Fidelity?

What happened to basic journalism??

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/28/fidelity-ceo-abigail-johnson-says-the-company-is-mining-cryptocurrencies

Cool story though.

CBS Browser mining

Whoops

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/25/showtime_hit_with_coinmining_script/?mt=1506379755407


Wonder if this hack will spin cable revs in a new direction when they realise it actually works.




Cheers
Dean

Remember when your "gym membership id card" was just a piece of plastic.....

Instead of an opportunity to sell data about you....?
https://digiday.com/marketing/equinox-using-mobile-app-data-strategy/

Nordstrom "fitting room"

Very interested to see how Nordstrom experiment goes.



Hopefully very well, i mean lets face it when was the last time you purchased clothes and needed "to wear them within 24 hours/out of the store with you?"


- https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/future-retail-experiences-juice-bars/539751

Amazon Lumberyard ?

Just stumbled across Amazon Lumberyard - https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/details/

Wondering about thoughts on this platform and its cost effectiveness to build a gaming business?

 

Considering the “out of the box pre-built functionality” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiG2HAkUw0 there seems to be a heck of a lot of potential for a number of companies to consider this a no brainer out of the box so I’m looking for the gotcha’s?