Security
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/115/
Listen to the podcast episode and replace mentions of games with i.e. cars.
It should raise a lot of eyebrows.
It is really not hard to image black market for all kinds of:
- Standard: Enabling features
Example with BMW’s subscription for more smart headlights, or Tesla’s back seat warmers.
- Scarier: Disabling features
Usual theft protection, but also removing any safety limitations, like speed limit, alcohol checks, hands-off-steer check, etc.
Even now you can buy speed limit disabling feature for even most expensive electric bikes with top-of-line security features that allows you to go from limit of 25 km/h to over 40 km/h where only limit is the battery capacity.
All of this already exists, but at the moment, is not the most scalable business.
To ‘pimp-up’ your current generation cars, you would need to go to a ‘guy’ or a shady shop to make changes.
But the cars are becoming ‘smarter’. Over-the-air updates and all new fancy features allows you to make changes remotely from any part of the world.
And there lies huge black-market opportunity for finding bugs and loopholes, as no software and protection is perfect.
Just check yearly Android bug-list and their severity, even if it is owned developed by all-mighty Google.
If there is a sprawling market for cheats for 50$ games, imagine an opportunity for ‘cheats’ in 50000$+ car.
It is not hard to imagine a 100% online subscription service that will allow you to receive all kinds of un-official ’improvements’ applied automatically to your car.
Thanks goes to Patrik Thunström for sharing this podcast gem and fun discussion 🙂
Programming
https://calebhearth.com/fan-out-vs-fan-in
Another way how to look at code complexity and how to prevent it during design or in refactor.
As with everything, it should not be followed blindly, as the original complexity could end up moving into ever-evolving wrapper classes.
Check Law of Demeter for more information.
Big tech monopoly
https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html
One more take on how big tech companies have taken over internet from original intent.
If you have ever found legitimate mail ending up in spam folder of your free mail service out of sudden, or not delivered, this is primary reason.
Old but gold: When the product is free, you are the product.
Fun
https://github.com/IdreesInc/Minecraft-Font
For the ones with kids or feel like one 🙂
Fragile Manifesto
Go-to manifest, more often than not 🙂
