This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning. In an apparent oops, the bank's IT department hard wiped ALL her IOS devices remotely, while she was on the road driving, relying on the GPS function.
The screw you cherry on top? Our apartment building in its infinite wisdom a couple years back switched all building locks to the Latch app.
So she was LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
Oh, and the Latch maintained intercom at our front door is out of order.
Thanks for that. Sheesh.
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Kevin Russell
in reply to Feoh • • •ðŸ‘† 👆 👆 👆 👆 👆 👆
It's an oopsie, but.
This is LOUD WARNING. Read the above and realize how much power tech bro systems have over your life.
What happened was trivial to produce and impossible to resist.
Like Teslas that locked people inside while burning.
🌈 Kerblambuli 🦄
in reply to Kevin Russell • • •@kevinrns for this very reason there must be no critical infrastructure (like locks to one's house, flat or even a car; also other services used by communities - as simple as a gate) dependant on both centralized and always online services, having access to wireless connectivity or, in case of cars, phones and the like, even onboard electric energy as it might fail.
Too many things which can and eventually will break between the ends.
How many such deadlocks did we put into everything?
@feoh
Violet Madder
in reply to 🌈 Kerblambuli 🦄 • • •Oh, and the pod bay doors.