As it was predicted, so it has come to pass: In an effort to combat “porch pirates” who love swiping any boxes left outside, Amazon is launching a new service that allows delivery people to walk into customers’ homes to drop off packages. [More]
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Report: 100M VW Vehicles Vulnerable To Remote Hack
By 8.11.16
Owning a vehicle with keyless entry is often a convenience: Forget your key? Just enter a code. But for the owners of more than 100 million Volkswagen vehicles, that convenience has been turned into a doorway for hackers. [More]
Forget The Magnetic-Strip Keys, Starwood Hotels Expands Use Of Virtual Hotel Room Keys
By 11.4.14
Nearly 10 months after the owner of a chain of boutique hotels announced it would begin implementing the use of virtual keys to open guests’ rooms and streamline the check-in process, the plan is finally coming to fruition at 10 Starwood hotels around the world. [More]
Drivers Befuddled By Area Of Bermuda Triangle Parking That Renders Car Remotes Useless
By 7.24.12
You click the remote from several feet way, expecting that familiar “bip beep!” and flash of lights. But when you get to your car, it remains locked — what gives? Business owners along a certain stretch of road in Yonkers, N.Y. are upset that a Bermuda Triangle type situation is rendering keyless remote entry systems powerless, and ultimately deterring customers from shopping there. Spoooooky! [More]
