Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
Although really, everyday should be backup day. Here, I made a list:
– password manager file (you have one right)
– contacts
– calendar
– bookmarks
– always backup twice – here
– do big backups in chunks – here
– if you’re using the cloud, here’s what your data looks like this
– and if everything goes west, data can still be recovered from this
That title goes to Mercedes-Benz and their 2.0L 4-cylinder turbocharged engine found inside the CLA 45 AMG.
355 hp
332 lb.ft of torque
0-100 km/h in 4.6 seconds
Top speed – 250 km/h
Engine is hand-built, start to finish, by one technician
Starting at $50,600
Sold out in Canada
(pictured above is a CLA 250, but the AMG looks similar enough, with the main difference being the badge on the back)
(non car nerds: AMG is Mercedes’ line of high-performance vehicles, see this chart)
(to be clear – the post title refers to a “production engine found in a consumer vehicle”)
(I did not mean for this post to have so many brackets)
It arrived in my Gmail earlier this week. How many clues can you spot?
1 – I didn’t order anything, and if I had, it wouldn’t have been using that email address.
2 – terrible spelling and grammar, FedEx would never
3 – the big red flag – a non-FedEx email
4 – the absence of information, there’s no links, tracking number…
5 – Operation Agent. I like the name though
As far as phishing emails go, this one’s obvious; see the LinkedIn one for a more sophisticated example here.
The attachment made it through Google’s security checks and filters. Nicely done guy.
That’s why never let downloads open automatically – more here.
And see how small it is? 4K, tiny. Doesn’t take much to mess your machine up.
Stay sharp out there.
Blog tag = Phishing
Nooo.
It’s really called Land Rover Terrain Response – change the car’s driving dynamics to match road conditions.
Left to right:
Normal > Snow & Ice > Mud & Ruts > Sand
Geared totally towards the most risky population segment to insure – young and new drivers – ingenie has seen success over the UK and has arrived in Canada to try and repeat success.
How it works – plug the device into your OBDII port and trade information on your driving style for a break on insurance. Prove you’re a safe driver, get discounts. Prove you drive like a d-bag, lose discounts, plus a psychologist calls you.
Read it online at Autonet.
If that happens, your phone will ring and a psychologist will be on the other end, who will talk to you about why you’re driving like a jerk and endangering others.
Currently, the company is modifying a device just for me to test, stay tuned for that.
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UPDATE: column concludes I’ll be testing one but that fell through; the company couldn’t modify a unit to go in a different car each week.
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