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Cheating Automatic Toll Booths by Obscuring License Plates

Schneier on Security

Bramwell-Stewart said one driver from New Jersey repeatedly used what’s known in the streets as a flipper, which lets you remotely swap out a car’s real plate for a bogus one ahead of a toll area. One minute it had New York plates, the next it sported Texas tags. Boing Boing post.

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Thieves Using AirTags to “Follow” Cars

Schneier on Security

Brand name “air tags” are placed in out-of-sight areas of the target vehicles when they are parked in public places like malls or parking lots. Apple responded with a slew of anti-stalking measures , but those are more intended for keeping people safe than cars.

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IoT: Living at the edge  

OpenText Information Management

VIPER: Well, if IoT was an emoji or an expression, it would be: (1) a cloud with legs, (2) a tornado of devices, or (3) an air-tag tracking anything (keys, dog, purse, avocado). smart refrigerators, smart cars, smart light bulbs, etc.) Which do you think it is? You: LOL, I don’t know. What really is the “internet of things” nowadays?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Teslas

ForAllSecure

Martin joins The Hacker Mind to discuss this and his earlier Bluetooth vulnerability research, including the Car Whisperer and the Tesla Radar. Vamosi: I once wrote about a petty car thief in Prague, Czech Republic who started the usual way by using scissors to cut the wires and hotwire the engine to drive away. So the car would start.

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NIST Issues Call for "Lightweight Cryptography" Algorithms

Schneier on Security

Similar small electronics exist in the keyless entry fobs to newer-model cars and the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags used to locate boxes in vast warehouses. All of these gadgets are inexpensive to make and will fit nearly anywhere, but common encryption methods may demand more electronic resources than they possess.

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Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples

IBM Big Data Hub

A world where computer minds pilot self-driving cars, delve into complex scientific research, provide personalized customer service and even explore the unknown. Imagine a self-driving car piloted by an AGI. Self-driving cars excel at navigating roads and supercomputers like IBM Watson ® can analyze vast amounts of data.

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Google Buys Nest

John Battelle's Searchblog

Today comes the news that Google is buying Nest , a move that, upon reflection, should have been obvious (the price tag of more than $3 billion, not so obvious!). The post Google Buys Nest appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Draped in that light, Nest seems an inevitable move. So what might be next? Healthcare?

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