My Photos of Vegas will Bore You

A lump of blah – view from my room, my cab driver and I laughing our guts out, a BigMac.

I had a great trip, it just doesn’t translate in the photos.

Don’t like this city – the level of excess, how people turn up their inner d-bag, the level of entitlement. The irony is the size of the blog tag Vegas (30)

It’s bad form to take photos at the conference (why.)

Actually, aside from that steak photo, the only pic of me all week is this selfie.

Like any good gambler, I’m only showing you my wins.

The Black Hat NOC – Network Operations Centre.

Spotted on the vendor floor.

The arrow is pointing at a blinking light, which is what made me stop, which is what the booth guy said makes everyone stop, which we laughed about because how ridiclous is it that – one little light!

Another vendor – give your email and get to smash computers.

The Rapid 7 party.

You’ve seen that name, I use them for my home entertainment system.

To conclude, here’s new headers.

Blog tag = headers

 

 

HUDs are Good

This tech debuted in fighter jets and has made its way down to our passenger vehicles.

It’s a holographic technology called HUD – Heads-Up Display.

Thought I’d dislike it – a busy cluster of information positioned directly in my field of vision? – but it’s fast to adopt and quite enjoyable. No dipping your eyes.

Find HUD in the Hyundai Genesis, Cadillacs, and Mazda does a great job.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

Usually I condemn these new bleeding-edge technology features and discourage adoption, but Head-Up Displays are an exception, opt-in on a new car if possible. 

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Review of the all-new 2015 Hyundai Genesis here.

Here’s a detailed post about HUD.

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Car Hacking Looks like This

Screenshots from the Black Hat presentation about the first remote hack of a passenger vehicle – a 2015 Jeep Cherokee (more here.)

It was these guys – Charlier Miller and Chris Valasek.

2 Biggest Takeaways for the Average Driver

1 – the attack they released no longer works

As of publishing of this post, the attack stopped working because Sprint closed the port they were using to enter the car (nice Sprint.)

If you own a Chrysler and were part of the 1.4 million recall, breathe a bit easier.

2 – update your car

This Jeep thing is a wakeup call – if your automaker issues an update, make it a priority. The industry is still in its infancy, the update will probably be inconvenient “pick up a USB from the dealership” DO IT.

Be mindful about how you connect your car to the internet (please never pair your car to public WiFi.)

From Black Hat 2015.