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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 15:43:55 GMT
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Post by Hofmeister on Aug 19, 2016 15:53:07 GMT
So it will Start, Stop, lock, unlock and locate my car, all for the very reasonable sum of $70 to $240 per year. These plans allow you to link your car to your smartphone through Verizon’s network, even if you’re not a Verizon Wireless customer. You will also need a module installed in your car, which costs around $300, plus installation.
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Post by WDB on Aug 19, 2016 16:46:08 GMT
Call me old fashioned but I tend to take the view that the more valuable and/or potentially dangerous something is, the less I want to open it up to control over an IP network. Locks are only as good as the keys, and keys only as good as the humans holding them, and the more likely something is to attract the wrong kind of attention, the more trouble I'm prepared to go to to keep control.
So I don't use online banking, not because I don't understand it but because I can see the hazards, of cockup as much as conspiracy, and the benefit to me is not worth the risk. Similarly, while I was impressed that the Tesla I drove was already cool when I got in because the AC had been switched on from the showroom, I'm still happy with a 1990s-tech remote key fob for my own car.
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Post by Hofmeister on Aug 19, 2016 16:52:12 GMT
Alas On-line banking is quickly becoming a necessity, and will be more so in the future, the branch network will disappear in the fullness of time. Dont forget that chip n pin terminal you use down the garage is on an IP network, and the restaurant one is Wireless as well. Not to mention NFC!
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